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A411 crash in Watford on 27 April 2017 at 13:00 involving a BMW X5

A BMW X5 and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A411 in Watford at 13:00 on Thursday 27 April 2017. The 39-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 2017
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
BMW X5 and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65487, longitude -0.38817, in the WD17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Watford, WD17 1BP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Watford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017410185181
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
411
Road type
Dual 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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
4008

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW X5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,490 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

    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 2017410185181 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 2017.