A1001 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 3 June 2015 at 08:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1001 in Welwyn Hatfield at 08:40 on Wednesday 3 June 2015. The 6-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2015
- Wednesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77056, longitude -0.23198, in the AL10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield Central, Welwyn Hatfield, AL10 0BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20154100B0367
- Council area
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1001
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1994.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1001 in Welwyn Hatfield, 17 April 1994
4 m awayRef 19944100B2100
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A1001 in Welwyn Hatfield, 12 December 1998
6 m awayRef 19984100B0413
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A1001 in Welwyn Hatfield, 29 June 2004
6 m awayRef 20044100B0496
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1001 in Welwyn Hatfield, 6 May 2008
6 m awayRef 20084100B0306
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1(M) in Welwyn Hatfield, 16 May 2001
12 m awayRef 20014100T2047
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A1001 in Welwyn Hatfield, 6 November 2000
16 m awayRef 20004100B0721
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 6, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 20154100B0367 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.