A4146 crash in Dacorum on 11 April 2017 at 14:53 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4146 in Dacorum at 14:53 on Tuesday 11 April 2017. The 34-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4, the 48-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 46-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 2017
- Tuesday, 14:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74392, longitude -0.48189, in the HP3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Apsley and Corner Hall, Dacorum, HP3 9AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410177517
- Council area
- Dacorum
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1997.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 20 July 1997
4 m awayRef 19974100D0293
Serious
Car crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 13 September 1997
16 m awayRef 19974100D0388
Serious
Car crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 11 March 1984
16 m awayRef 19844141D1075
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 21 September 1979
16 m awayRef 19794141D1301
Serious
Car crash on the A414 in Dacorum, 29 October 1986
16 m awayRef 19864141D1351
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 9 October 2000
45 m awayRef 20004100D0445
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017410177517 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2017.