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C road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL7 on 21 October 2008 at 22:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield at 22:40 on Tuesday 21 October 2008. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2008
Tuesday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8014, longitude -0.19668, in the AL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Welwyn Garden City. It is one of the crashes that make up the Handside, Welwyn Hatfield, AL8 6BE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20084100B0705
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 21 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    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
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 20084100B0705 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.