A4146 crash in Dacorum on 12 January 2011 at 14:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, an Audi A8 and a DAF Trucks Fad 85CF lorry were involved in a crash on the A4146 in Dacorum at 14:30 on Wednesday 12 January 2011. The 45-year-old male driver of the Audi A8 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2011
- Wednesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7567, longitude -0.47565, in the HP1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hemel Hempstead Town, Dacorum, HP1 1BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20114100D0088
- Council area
- Dacorum
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4146
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 1993.
Serious
Van crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 5 July 1993
At the same spotRef 19934100D0239
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 15 May 2012
At the same spotRef 20124100D0280
Slight
Yamaha X crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 29 October 2024
4 m awayRef 2024411517832
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 11 December 2012
10 m awayRef 20124100D0765
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 14 November 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100D0457
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 4 November 1997
14 m awayRef 19974100D0462
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A8
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,123 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: DAF Trucks Fad 85CF
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- 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
- 57 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A8)
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 20114100D0088 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 2011.