A602 crash in Stevenage on 18 February 2016 at 12:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Adam were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 12:45 on Thursday 18 February 2016. The 22-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Adam was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2016
- Thursday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Adam
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91817, longitude -0.21183, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 3HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20164100E0078
- Council area
- Stevenage
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 602
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 602
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 14 September 2017
2 m awayRef 2017410224790
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 7 March 2000
3 m awayRef 20004100E0052
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 21 December 2002
3 m awayRef 20024100E0779
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 14 August 2014
7 m awayRef 20144100E0423
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 22 April 2009
7 m awayRef 20094100E0238
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A602 in Stevenage, 17 January 2001
7 m awayRef 20014100E0015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Adam
Car
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Adam)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 20164100E0078 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2016.