B157 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 14 December 2007 at 18:55 involving a Honda
A Honda crashed on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield at 18:55 on Friday 14 December 2007. The 35-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2007
- Friday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71315, longitude -0.12564, in the EN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cuffley.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20074100B0862
- Council area
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 157
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 December 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 12 December 1984
51 m awayRef 198401YF00925
Serious
Car crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 15 September 1988
54 m awayRef 198801YF00667
Slight
Car crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 1 March 1986
73 m awayRef 198601YF00153
Slight
Car crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 31 July 1990
95 m awayRef 199001YF00523
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 28 November 1996
112 m awayRef 199601YF00872
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 14 August 1987
121 m awayRef 198701YF00521
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 20074100B0862 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.