A119 crash in East Hertfordshire on 9 July 2017 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire at 12:30 on Sunday 9 July 2017. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Meriva 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
- 9 Jul 2017
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80791, longitude -0.03035, in the SG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ware. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ware Priory, East Hertfordshire, SG12 9BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410211599
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 119
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2021.
Slight
Van crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire, 2 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021411078484
Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire, 1 August 2025
9 m awayRef 2025411657305
Slight
Car crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire, 14 December 2004
9 m awayRef 20044100A1125
Slight
Car crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire, 20 September 2004
9 m awayRef 20044100A0835
Slight
Car crash on the A119 in North Hertfordshire, 5 January 2006
9 m awayRef 20064100A0011
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A119 in East Hertfordshire, 10 March 1998
19 m awayRef 19984100A0102
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017410211599 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.