B1001 crash in East Hertfordshire on 4 January 2005 at 11:30 involving a Ford Escort
A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B1001 in East Hertfordshire at 11:30 on Tuesday 4 January 2005. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 3-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2005
- Tuesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81898, longitude -0.0474, in the SG12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ware St Mary's, East Hertfordshire, SG12 0EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20054100A0043
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1001
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 602
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1999.
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 28 May 1999
At the same spotRef 19994100A0202
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1001 in East Hertfordshire, 16 September 2002
At the same spotRef 20024100A0904
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A602 in East Hertfordshire, 7 July 2025
10 m awayRef 2025411625872
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A602 in East Hertfordshire, 24 September 1998
10 m awayRef 19984100A0414
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B1001 in East Hertfordshire, 28 October 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100A0461
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A10 in East Hertfordshire, 12 September 2018
13 m awayRef 2018410328513
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 20054100A0043 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2005.