A1081 crash in Hertsmere on 1 May 2008 at 18:07 involving a Chrysler Voyager
A Chrysler Voyager and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere at 18:07 on Thursday 1 May 2008. The 52-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2008
- Thursday, 18:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chrysler Voyager and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71702, longitude -0.2785, in the AL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of London Colney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shenley, Hertsmere, AL2 1BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20084100F4402
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1081
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 1081
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2000.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 23 July 2000
At the same spotRef 20004100F0347
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 13 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601SA01033
Serious
MAN crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 1 November 2002
At the same spotRef 20024100J2854
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6 in Hertsmere, 3 August 1984
At the same spotRef 198401SA00571
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Hertsmere, 25 June 1984
At the same spotRef 198401SA00466
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 16 May 2000
At the same spotRef 20004100J1112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler Voyager
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,429 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
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 20084100F4402 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2008.