Serious C road crash in East Hertfordshire SG2 on 10 July 2008 at 12:46 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire at 12:46 on Thursday 10 July 2008. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Jul 2008
- Thursday, 12:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88794, longitude -0.13582, in the SG2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20084100A0559
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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 slight injury crash on 4 June 1995.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 4 June 1995
At the same spotRef 19954100A0219
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 26 April 2002
At the same spotRef 20024100A0435
Serious
Leyland Cars Mini crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 28 November 1995
10 m awayRef 19954100A0534
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 20 July 2004
10 m awayRef 20044100A0651
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 24 July 2010
10 m awayRef 20104100A0454
Slight
Audi A3 crash on a C road in East Hertfordshire, 27 October 2005
10 m awayRef 20054100A0912
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, 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 20084100A0559 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2008.