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Serious A602 crash in Stevenage on 1 October 2017 at 20:37 involving a Peugeot 307

A Peugeot 307 and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 20:37 on Sunday 1 October 2017. The 58-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 was seriously injured and the 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 2017
Sunday, 20:37
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 307 and Vauxhall Insignia
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90439, longitude -0.20013, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 1LZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017410240094
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
602
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)

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 2017410240094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2017.