A1170 crash in East Hertfordshire on 26 August 2008 at 08:46 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire at 08:46 on Tuesday 26 August 2008. The 36-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat 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
- 26 Aug 2008
- Tuesday, 08:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81137, longitude -0.03351, in the SG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ware. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ware Priory, East Hertfordshire, SG12 9BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20084100A0579
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1170
- 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
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2011.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 22 September 2011
At the same spotRef 20114100A0515
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 19 January 1993
At the same spotRef 19934100A0032
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire, 8 February 2023
6 m awayRef 2023411279240
Slight
Van crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 2 October 2014
10 m awayRef 20144100A0606
Slight
Fiat Regata crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 3 June 1993
10 m awayRef 19934100A0240
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 10 July 2010
10 m awayRef 20104100A0458
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 20084100A0579 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.