Unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP4 on 21 February 2018 at 07:15 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Renault were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 07:15 on Wednesday 21 February 2018. The 48-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and the 52-year-old male driver of the Renault were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2018
- Wednesday, 07:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Renault
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80814, longitude -0.52931, in the HP4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018410273697
- Council area
- Dacorum
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2005.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4146 in Central Bedfordshire, 26 March 2005
30 m awayRef 200540D009340
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 18 March 1995
35 m awayRef 19954100D0097
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 25 June 1993
41 m awayRef 19934100D0228
Serious
Yamaha R6 crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 20 April 2003
80 m awayRef 20034100D0378
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 21 June 1980
91 m awayRef 19804141D2055
Serious
Car crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 15 September 1980
91 m awayRef 19804141D1326
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault)
- 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 2018410273697 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2018.