Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD23 on 21 January 2017 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 15:30 on Saturday 21 January 2017. The 42-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2017
- Saturday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64506, longitude -0.36315, in the WD23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bushey.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410150365
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- 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, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 1984.
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 21 December 1984
21 m awayRef 198401SA01005
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 14 November 1982
60 m awayRef 1982010SA0859
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 11 September 1993
65 m awayRef 199301SA00680
Slight
Car crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 17 June 1984
65 m awayRef 198401SA00440
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 30 June 1992
67 m awayRef 199201SA00463
Slight
Bus crash on the A411 in Hertsmere, 6 November 2010
68 m awayRef 20104100J0624
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017410150365 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 2017.