A4145 crash in Watford on 26 June 2017 at 10:47 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4145 in Watford at 10:47 on Monday 26 June 2017. The 74-year-old male rider of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 2017
- Monday, 10:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Triumph Bonneville
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64971, longitude -0.40463, in the WD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vicarage, Watford, WD18 0LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Watford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410203377
- 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
- 4145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4145 in Watford, 12 February 2005
1 m awayRef 20054100C0163
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4145 in Watford, 7 April 1997
1 m awayRef 19974100C0235
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A4145 in Watford, 28 June 2000
1 m awayRef 20004100C0310
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4145 in Watford, 11 September 2001
1 m awayRef 20014100C0438
Serious
Audi crash on the A4145 in Watford, 17 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025411684910
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A4145 in Watford, 26 December 2025
5 m awayRef 2025411698486
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Bonneville
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 865 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 74, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Bonneville)
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 2017410203377 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.