A1170 crash in Broxbourne on 25 December 2016 at 23:07 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne at 23:07 on Sunday 25 December 2016. The 24-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2016
- Sunday, 23:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78019, longitude -0.0137, in the SG13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hoddesdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Amwell & Stansteads, East Hertfordshire, SG12 9RY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016410144405
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1170
- Road type
- Single 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
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2015.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 11 February 2015
9 m awayRef 20154100K0062
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 18 April 2011
9 m awayRef 20114100A0198
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 20 November 1995
10 m awayRef 19954100A0515
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 5 September 2006
15 m awayRef 20064100K0440
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 1 April 2005
15 m awayRef 20054100K0171
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 22 May 2020
16 m awayRef 2020410955927
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016410144405 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 2016.