A41 crash in Hertsmere on 8 July 2010 at 18:38 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a BMW 3 Series and an Audi TT were involved in a crash on the A41 in Hertsmere at 18:38 on Thursday 8 July 2010. The 43-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 8 Jul 2010
- Thursday, 18:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66323, longitude -0.35877, in the WD25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey St James, Hertsmere, WD25 8HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20104100C0658
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- 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
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2025.
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 27 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025411615896
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 19 September 1998
10 m awayRef 199801SA00629
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 26 May 2012
14 m awayRef 20124100J0282
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 22 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198901SA01073
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 17 August 1993
14 m awayRef 199301SA00622
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 31 October 1989
14 m awayRef 198901SA00879
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 20104100C0658 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 2010.