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B195 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 5 February 2015 at 10:50 involving a Dennis lorry

A car and a Dennis lorry were involved in a crash on the B195 in Welwyn Hatfield at 10:50 on Thursday 5 February 2015. The 30-year-old male driver of the car and the 57-year-old male driver of the Dennis lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 2015
Thursday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Dennis
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7912, longitude -0.16767, in the AL7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Howlands, Welwyn Hatfield, AL7 4FW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20154100B0087
Council area
Welwyn Hatfield
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
195
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Raining, 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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 January 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Dennis

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Dennis)

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 20154100B0087 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 2015.