A411 crash in Watford on 26 May 2017 at 18:05 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a car were involved in a crash on the A411 in Watford at 18:05 on Friday 26 May 2017. The 41-year-old male driver of the car and the 51-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 May 2017
- Friday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64996, longitude -0.38753, in the WD17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxhey, Watford, WD18 0HZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Watford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410193276
- Council area
- Watford
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 411
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 411
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2016.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Watford, 3 October 2016
3 m awayRef 2016410121599
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A411 in Watford, 29 March 1995
5 m awayRef 19954100C0209
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A411 in Watford, 27 March 1999
5 m awayRef 19994100C0183
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A411 in Watford, 8 November 2015
5 m awayRef 20154100C1057
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A411 in Watford, 1 December 2001
5 m awayRef 20014100C0606
Serious
Car crash on the A411 in Watford, 26 February 2005
5 m awayRef 20054100C0215
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Fabia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017410193276 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.