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A1(M) crash in Stevenage on 12 December 2017 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fusion

A car, a Ford Fusion and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A1(M) in Stevenage at 17:00 on Tuesday 12 December 2017. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fusion was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 2017
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Fusion and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92871, longitude -0.21881, in the SG1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodfield, Stevenage, SG1 4FD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017410252566
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
1
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, lighting unknown
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2022.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,438 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)

    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 2017410252566 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.