B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 16 November 2017 at 20:05 involving an Audi TT
An Audi TT and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 20:05 on Thursday 16 November 2017. The 39-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2017
- Thursday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi TT and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61891, longitude -0.39859, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410246256
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 22 February 1996
6 m awayRef 19964100C0122
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 23 April 2003
6 m awayRef 20034100C0492
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 18 December 2004
15 m awayRef 20044100C1583
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 29 April 2005
31 m awayRef 20054100C0446
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 5 February 1991
50 m awayRef 19914141C0070
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 24 December 1998
53 m awayRef 19984100C0834
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2017410246256 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2017.