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A414 crash in St Albans on 7 August 2008 at 05:17 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry crashed on the A414 in St Albans at 05:17 on Thursday 7 August 2008. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Aug 2008
Thursday, 05:17
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74372, longitude -0.2659, in the AL4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0RU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20084100F4722
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
414
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 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
C

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 20084100F4722 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2008.