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Unclassified road crash in Three Rivers WD24 on 28 December 2008 at 00:01 involving an Audi A3

A vehicle, a taxi and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers at 00:01 on Sunday 28 December 2008. The 32-year-old male driver of the taxi 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2008
Sunday, 00:01
Vehicles
3
Audi A3 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.673, longitude -0.40267, in the WD24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Callowland, Watford, WD24 7BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20084100C1372
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 3: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 20084100C1372 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.