B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 18 January 2008 at 08:38 involving a Renault
A Renault and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 08:38 on Friday 18 January 2008. The 29-year-old female driver of the Renault, a 4-year-old male passenger in the Renault and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Renault were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2008
- Friday, 08:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault and Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61961, longitude -0.40426, in the HA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moor Park & Eastbury, Three Rivers, HA6 3HA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20084100C0069
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 6 February 2002
At the same spotRef 20024100C0068
Serious
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 10 October 2006
At the same spotRef 20064100C1082
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 13 April 2000
10 m awayRef 20004100C0184
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 20 February 2001
10 m awayRef 20014100C0095
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 13 February 2007
14 m awayRef 20074100C0181
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 6 May 2007
14 m awayRef 20074100C0430
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 20084100C0069 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2008.