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C road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL9 on 24 March 2007 at 17:45 involving a Volvo V70

A car, a Volvo V70 and an MCC Smart were involved in a crash on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield at 17:45 on Saturday 24 March 2007. The 18-year-old female driver of the car and the 39-year-old female driver of the Volvo V70 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 2007
Saturday, 17:45
Vehicles
3
Volvo V70 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73418, longitude -0.21732, in the AL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Welham Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Welham Green and Hatfield South, Welwyn Hatfield, AL9 7DR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20074100B0232
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: MCC Smart

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    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
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)

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 20074100B0232 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 2007.