B653 crash in St Albans on 4 October 2006 at 08:45 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B653 in St Albans at 08:45 on Wednesday 4 October 2006. The 46-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2006
- Wednesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini Cooper and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82465, longitude -0.34072, in the AL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harpenden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harpenden North & Rural, St Albans, AL5 4UT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St Albans
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20064100F4867
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 653
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 10 February 2011.
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the B653 in St Albans, 10 February 2011
At the same spotRef 20114100F0096
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B653 in St Albans, 3 May 2001
At the same spotRef 20014100F0222
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B653 in St Albans, 11 November 2004
At the same spotRef 20044100F5149
Slight
Tesla Model Y crash on the B653 in St Albans, 28 March 2023
4 m awayRef 2023411295713
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B653 in St Albans, 10 February 2009
10 m awayRef 20094100F4118
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the B653 in St Albans, 14 October 2012
10 m awayRef 20124100F0720
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
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 20064100F4867 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2006.