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Serious A602 crash in Stevenage on 4 June 2012 at 18:32 involving a Mercedes Sprinter

A Mercedes Sprinter crashed on the A602 in Stevenage at 18:32 on Monday 4 June 2012. The 37-year-old male driver and a 47-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jun 2012
Monday, 18:32
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91507, longitude -0.209, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 3HD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20124100E0285
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
602
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
197

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

    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 20124100E0285 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2012.