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B487 crash in St Albans on 30 April 2009 at 17:30 involving a Seat Alhambra taxi

Four vehicles, including a car and a Seat Alhambra taxi, were involved in a crash on the B487 in St Albans at 17:30 on Thursday 30 April 2009. The 49-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2009
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
4
Seat Alhambra and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7775, longitude -0.4303, in the HP2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodhall Farm, Dacorum, HP2 7LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20094100D0353
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Alhambra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South 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
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South 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
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Vivaro)

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 20094100D0353 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 2009.