B5378 crash in Hertsmere on 9 April 2011 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere at 17:00 on Saturday 9 April 2011. The 56-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Qashqai were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Apr 2011
- Saturday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65775, longitude -0.2715, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borehamwood Brookmeadow, Hertsmere, WD6 1AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20114100J0214
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5378
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2009.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 18 October 2009
At the same spotRef 20094100J0342
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 10 January 2023
3 m awayRef 2023411265372
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 9 July 2018
4 m awayRef 2018410313569
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 31 October 1997
10 m awayRef 199701SA00918
Serious
Bus crash on the A5135 in Hertsmere, 11 June 1987
10 m awayRef 198701SA00404
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the B5378 in Hertsmere, 30 December 2009
10 m awayRef 20094100J0486
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- 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 20114100J0214 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 2011.