A4251 crash in Dacorum on 26 April 2011 at 19:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A4251 in Dacorum at 19:50 on Tuesday 26 April 2011. The 17-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2011
- Tuesday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75753, longitude -0.55574, in the HP4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Berkhamsted. It is one of the crashes that make up the Berkhamsted Castle, Dacorum, HP4 2EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20114100D0393
- 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
- 4251
- 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
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 31 March 1994
At the same spotRef 19944100D0125
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 13 May 2024
8 m awayRef 2024411476161
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 15 March 2025
9 m awayRef 2025411569965
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A41 in Dacorum, 8 February 1993
10 m awayRef 19934100D0048
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 26 July 2000
10 m awayRef 20004100D0339
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 12 December 2006
10 m awayRef 20064100D1138
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 20114100D0393 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.