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Unclassified road crash in East Hertfordshire SG12 on 31 July 2014 at 15:25 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire at 15:25 on Thursday 31 July 2014. A 71-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2014
Thursday, 15:25
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78861, longitude -0.00086, in the SG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stanstead Abbotts. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Amwell & Stansteads, East Hertfordshire, SG12 8JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20144100A0482
Council area
East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
C

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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    8,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 20144100A0482 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 2014.