A4008 crash in Three Rivers on 30 December 2010 at 09:30 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Nissan Micra and a car were involved in a crash on the A4008 in Three Rivers at 09:30 on Thursday 30 December 2010. The 65-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2010
- Thursday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63398, longitude -0.37645, in the WD19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carpenders Park, Three Rivers, WD19 5RA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20104100C1241
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4008
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1997.
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A4008 in Three Rivers, 7 November 1997
10 m awayRef 19974100C0732
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4008 in Three Rivers, 27 November 1992
10 m awayRef 19924100C0534
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4008 in Three Rivers, 18 December 2002
14 m awayRef 20024100C6033
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4008 in Three Rivers, 27 August 2014
22 m awayRef 20144100C0888
Serious
Mercedes 300 crash on the A4008 in Watford, 30 December 1993
22 m awayRef 19934100C0665
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4008 in Three Rivers, 1 October 2002
22 m awayRef 20024100C5550
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 20104100C1241 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2010.