Serious A411 crash in Broxbourne on 1 December 2017 at 09:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A vehicle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A411 in Broxbourne at 09:50 on Friday 1 December 2017. A female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was seriously injured and the 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Dec 2017
- Friday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vehicle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65165, longitude -0.38522, in the WD17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxhey, Watford, WD18 0HZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410248863
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 411
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Less 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 21 January 2022.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A411 in Watford, 21 January 2022
9 m awayRef 2022411139827
Slight
Mercedes Viano crash on the A411 in Watford, 28 August 2011
11 m awayRef 20114100C0843
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the A411 in Watford, 31 August 2025
19 m awayRef 2025411635763
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A411 in Watford, 20 September 1999
20 m awayRef 19994100C0545
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A411 in Watford, 27 June 1999
20 m awayRef 19994100C0406
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A411 in Watford, 19 January 2007
20 m awayRef 20074100C0056
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1
Vehicle type not recorded
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2017410248863 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 2017.