B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 30 March 2016 at 11:00 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008, a Volkswagen Golf and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 11:00 on Wednesday 30 March 2016. The 33-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2016
- Wednesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 2008 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62802, longitude -0.38706, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20164100C0304
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 August 2024.
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 10 August 2024
2 m awayRef 2024411478757
Slight
Dennis crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 24 October 2000
9 m awayRef 20004100C0553
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 22 February 1994
10 m awayRef 19944100C0092
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 28 December 2000
10 m awayRef 20004100C0686
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 16 September 1993
10 m awayRef 19934100C0431
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 25 August 2011
11 m awayRef 20114100C1015
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 20164100C0304 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2016.