Serious A411 crash in Hertsmere on 11 September 2006 at 11:00 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A411 in Hertsmere at 11:00 on Monday 11 September 2006. The 39-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 was seriously injured and the 23-year-old female driver of the Volvo bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 2006
- Monday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Volvo
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6434, longitude -0.256, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borehamwood Hillside, Hertsmere, WD6 2ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20064100J2601
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 411
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 2001.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A411 in Barnet, 26 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200101SX01064
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A411 in Barnet, 12 April 1985
At the same spotRef 198501SA00248
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 28 September 2015
5 m awayRef 20154100J0507
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 31 October 2018
6 m awayRef 2018410801758
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A411 in Barnet, 3 January 1993
10 m awayRef 199301SA00026
Slight
Car crash on the A411 in Barnet, 17 January 1985
10 m awayRef 198501SA00035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
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 20064100J2601 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2006.