A41 crash in Hertsmere on 10 May 2015 at 09:35 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the A41 in Hertsmere at 09:35 on Sunday 10 May 2015. The 54-year-old female driver of the Kia Picanto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2015
- Sunday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Kia Picanto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64441, longitude -0.32468, in the WD23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey Heath, Hertsmere, WD23 4EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20154100J0280
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2017.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 10 November 2017
4 m awayRef 2017410240428
Serious
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 10 November 2024
5 m awayRef 2024411516675
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 12 July 1993
6 m awayRef 199301SA00569
Serious
Kawasaki KLE500 crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 13 December 1993
6 m awayRef 199301SA00934
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on a C road in Hertsmere, 20 September 2011
6 m awayRef 20114100J0607
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 18 October 1994
6 m awayRef 199401SA00815
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Picanto)
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 20154100J0280 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2015.