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Serious unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 26 February 2010 at 02:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 02:50 on Friday 26 February 2010. A 23-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 2010
Friday, 02:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74844, longitude -0.45579, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Adeyfield West, Dacorum, HP2 4BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20104100D0139
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

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 20104100D0139 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2010.