A4147 crash in St Albans on 15 July 2017 at 06:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A4147 in St Albans at 06:30 on Saturday 15 July 2017. The 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2017
- Saturday, 06:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75631, longitude -0.34459, in the AL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Albans. It is one of the crashes that make up the Batchwood, St Albans, AL3 5TX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in St Albans
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410218400
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4147
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2000.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4147 in St Albans, 23 December 2000
9 m awayRef 20004100F0596
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4147 in St Albans, 15 October 2025
13 m awayRef 2025411654954
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A4147 in St Albans, 13 April 1995
16 m awayRef 19954100F0135
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4147 in St Albans, 8 March 2004
23 m awayRef 20044100F4237
Slight
Car crash on the A4147 in St Albans, 1 May 2003
23 m awayRef 20034100F4410
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A4147 in St Albans, 20 January 2019
26 m awayRef 2019410816497
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
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 2017410218400 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2017.