A1170 crash in East Hertfordshire on 1 August 2012 at 09:59 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA hit a pedestrian on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire at 09:59 on Wednesday 1 August 2012. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was 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
- 1 Aug 2012
- Wednesday, 09:59
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81337, longitude -0.03444, in the SG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ware. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ware Priory, East Hertfordshire, SG12 9BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20124100A0479
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1170
- 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
- 1170
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 22 November 1995
At the same spotRef 19954100A0521
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 31 December 1982
At the same spotRef 19824141A1221
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 23 October 2008
At the same spotRef 20084100A0718
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 11 May 2010
At the same spotRef 20104100A0319
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 29 July 1995
10 m awayRef 19954100A0312
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 22 March 2008
10 m awayRef 20084100A0217
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 20124100A0479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2012.