B156 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 1 February 2008 at 08:45 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B156 in Welwyn Hatfield at 08:45 on Friday 1 February 2008. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2008
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70756, longitude -0.11372, in the EN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cuffley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northaw and Cuffley, Welwyn Hatfield, EN6 4LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20084100B0081
- 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
- 156
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 156
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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 9 September 2012.
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Honda Jazz crash on the B156 in Welwyn Hatfield, 9 September 2012
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Smart Forfour crash on the B156 in Welwyn Hatfield, 17 January 2008
At the same spotRef 20084100B0212
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Volkswagen Golf crash on the B156 in Hertsmere, 8 October 2003
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Volkswagen Golf crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 11 January 2022
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Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B156 in Welwyn Hatfield, 30 October 2021
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Skoda Superb crash on the B157 in Welwyn Hatfield, 21 July 2024
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 20084100B0081 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 2008.