B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 28 July 2013 at 17:54 involving a Mercedes ML Class
A Mercedes ML Class and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 17:54 on Sunday 28 July 2013. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic 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
- 28 Jul 2013
- Sunday, 17:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes ML Class and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6202, longitude -0.38821, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20134100C0635
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4542
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 24 March 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Senator crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 24 March 1999
At the same spotRef 19994100C0173
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 18 February 1998
At the same spotRef 19984100C0102
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 16 June 2004
At the same spotRef 20044100C0768
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 7 August 1992
At the same spotRef 19924100C0345
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 6 November 1994
At the same spotRef 19944100C0585
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 4 May 2000
At the same spotRef 20004100C0226
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,688 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 20134100C0635 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2013.