Serious unclassified road crash in Three Rivers HA6 on 8 November 2014 at 23:52 involving an Audi A6 taxi
A car and an Audi A6 taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers at 23:52 on Saturday 8 November 2014. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Nov 2014
- Saturday, 23:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A6
- Casualties
- 7
- 1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61997, longitude -0.42447, in the HA6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moor Park & Eastbury, Three Rivers, HA6 3AY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20144100C1130
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 31 March 1999
At the same spotRef 19994100C0193
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 23 March 1996
10 m awayRef 19964100C0174
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 24 April 2002
10 m awayRef 20024100C0226
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 14 March 2011
10 m awayRef 20114100C0252
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 22 December 1997
10 m awayRef 19974100C0855
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 3 August 2010
10 m awayRef 20104100C0719
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 21, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 20144100C1130 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 2014.