A1000 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 31 July 2015 at 12:15 involving a Daihatsu Sirion
Four vehicles, including a Daihatsu Sirion and an Audi A3, were involved in a crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield at 12:15 on Friday 31 July 2015. The 26-year-old male driver of the Audi A3, the 51-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia and the 56-year-old female driver of the Daihatsu Sirion were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2015
- Friday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Daihatsu Sirion and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73356, longitude -0.18786, in the AL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brookmans Park. It is one of the crashes that make up the Welham Green and Hatfield South, Welwyn Hatfield, AL9 6DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20154100B0558
- 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
- 1000
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 2021.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 5 July 2021
2 m awayRef 2021411065722
Slight
Car crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 23 November 2019
6 m awayRef 2019410908082
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 24 June 1996
7 m awayRef 19964100B0192
Slight
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 18 September 2000
8 m awayRef 20004100B0632
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 24 December 1997
8 m awayRef 19974100B0468
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the A1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 2 February 2007
8 m awayRef 20074100B0113
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Sirion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Venga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Skoda Fabia)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Sirion)
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 20154100B0558 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.