B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 16 August 2007 at 17:35 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 17:35 on Thursday 16 August 2007. The 18-year-old male rider of the Gilera Runner 125 motorcycle 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
- 16 Aug 2007
- Thursday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Gilera Runner 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6281, longitude -0.3872, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20074100C0853
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2003.
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 22 July 2003
At the same spotRef 20034100C0922
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 5 January 2001
At the same spotRef 20014100C0012
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 1 October 2000
At the same spotRef 20004100C0505
Serious
Honda ANF125 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 30 May 2014
At the same spotRef 20144100C0669
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 24 June 2024
6 m awayRef 2024411460471
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 28 May 2015
8 m awayRef 20154100C0470
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Gilera Runner 125
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Gilera Runner 125)
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 20074100C0853 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2007.