A6129 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 19 December 2008 at 08:42 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield at 08:42 on Friday 19 December 2008. The 24-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2008
- Friday, 08:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Scenic and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78507, longitude -0.22271, in the AL8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield Villages, Welwyn Hatfield, AL8 7TU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20084100B0851
- Council area
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6129
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6129
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield, 7 August 1981
10 m awayRef 19814141B1119
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield, 24 March 1990
10 m awayRef 19904141B0232
Slight
Car crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield, 15 March 1988
10 m awayRef 19884141B2036
Slight
Car crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield, 13 October 1988
10 m awayRef 19884141B2147
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield, 5 March 2025
14 m awayRef 2025411564998
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6129 in Welwyn Hatfield, 29 September 1997
14 m awayRef 19974100B0339
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
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 20084100B0851 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.