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Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 22 December 2006 at 06:45 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a DAF Trucks bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 06:45 on Friday 22 December 2006. The 59-year-old male driver of the DAF Trucks bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2006
Friday, 06:45
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77586, longitude -0.44195, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodhall Farm, Dacorum, HP2 7LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20064100D1118
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks)

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 20064100D1118 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2006.