B4630 crash in St Albans on 13 July 2015 at 20:45 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto, a Mercedes Sprinter van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4630 in St Albans at 20:45 on Monday 13 July 2015. The 18-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2015
- Monday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Punto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72892, longitude -0.35924, in the AL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chiswell Green. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Stephen, St Albans, AL2 3EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St Albans
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20154100C0760
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4630
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2017.
Slight
Toyota Verso crash on the B4630 in St Albans, 16 January 2017
1 m awayRef 2017410148280
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4630 in St Albans, 29 December 2002
10 m awayRef 20024100F5395
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B4630 in St Albans, 11 December 2012
10 m awayRef 20124100F0926
Slight
Car crash on the B4630 in St Albans, 6 December 1995
10 m awayRef 19954100F0469
Serious
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the B4630 in St Albans, 19 January 1999
10 m awayRef 19994100F0039
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4630 in St Albans, 8 December 2003
17 m awayRef 20034100F5292
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
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 20154100C0760 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2015.