A1 crash in Hertsmere on 21 October 2016 at 19:06 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle
A car and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in Hertsmere at 19:06 on Friday 21 October 2016. The 32-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2016
- Friday, 19:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Kawasaki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67547, longitude -0.23659, in the EN5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shenley, Hertsmere, EN5 4RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016410121929
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 19 August 1999.
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Ford Escort crash on the A1 in Hertsmere, 19 August 1999
3 m awayRef 199901SA00325
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Seat Leon crash on the A1 in Hertsmere, 16 April 2017
8 m awayRef 2017410185427
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Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A1 in Hertsmere, 19 July 2025
10 m awayRef 2025411619691
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Volvo V40 crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 17 May 2018
11 m awayRef 2018410295146
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A1 in Hertsmere, 19 December 2015
12 m awayRef 20154100J0736
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2016410121929 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.