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Serious B4505 crash in Dacorum on 1 December 2007 at 15:37 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4505 in Dacorum at 15:37 on Saturday 1 December 2007. The 47-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and a 48-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 2007
Saturday, 15:37
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and motorcycle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73061, longitude -0.52373, in the HP3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20074100D0961
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4505
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas bi-fuel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North 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
    47 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 20074100D0961 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2007.