Unclassified road crash in East Hertfordshire SG12 on 28 December 2017 at 13:31 involving a Ford C-Max
A Ford C-Max, a BMW 1 Series and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire at 13:31 on Thursday 28 December 2017. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max, the 31-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford C-Max were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 13:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford C-Max and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79395, longitude -0.01788, in the SG12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Amwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Amwell & Stansteads, East Hertfordshire, SG12 9RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017410257064
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2017.
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 23 December 2017
1 m awayRef 2017410257196
Slight
Audi A2 crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 23 March 2017
1 m awayRef 2017410173460
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 15 February 2017
1 m awayRef 2017410162812
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 21 November 2025
3 m awayRef 2025411674127
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 22 June 1998
4 m awayRef 19984100A0264
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1170 in East Hertfordshire, 26 November 2005
4 m awayRef 20054100A0993
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2017410257064 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2017.