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Serious unclassified road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL9 on 9 April 2010 at 14:00 involving a Toyota Dyna van

A Toyota Dyna van and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield at 14:00 on Friday 9 April 2010. A 50-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Transit van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Apr 2010
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota Dyna and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73599, longitude -0.21174, in the AL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Welham Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the Welham Green and Hatfield South, Welwyn Hatfield, AL9 7HZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20104100B0209
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
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
60 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
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Dyna

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    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
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 20104100B0209 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 2010.