B1000 crash in East Hertfordshire on 9 May 2017 at 01:01 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and two bicycles were involved in a crash on the B1000 in East Hertfordshire at 01:01 on Tuesday 9 May 2017. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2017
- Tuesday, 01:01
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80834, longitude -0.1635, in the AL6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haldens, Welwyn Hatfield, AL7 2EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410194979
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1000
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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 24 April 2015.
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the B1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 24 April 2015
7 m awayRef 20154100B0287
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 26 September 2025
7 m awayRef 2025411651659
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the B1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 16 December 2019
8 m awayRef 2019410923959
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 10 October 2018
10 m awayRef 2018410337154
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 23 August 2017
11 m awayRef 2017410217467
Serious
Citroen Relay crash on the B1000 in Welwyn Hatfield, 4 September 2013
13 m awayRef 20134100B0442
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2017410194979 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2017.