Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD23 on 5 September 2016 at 10:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 10:30 on Monday 5 September 2016. The 60-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2016
- Monday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65185, longitude -0.3776, in the WD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey North, Hertsmere, WD23 2LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016410110774
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2016.
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B462 in Hertsmere, 18 January 2016
3 m awayRef 20164100J0032
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B462 in Hertsmere, 16 December 2025
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Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere, 9 April 1993
6 m awayRef 199301SA00272
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B462 in Hertsmere, 10 April 2019
6 m awayRef 2019410833864
Slight
Van crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere, 26 August 1986
6 m awayRef 198601SA00647
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4008 in Hertsmere, 20 February 1986
6 m awayRef 198601SA00148
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- 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 2016410110774 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 2016.