B197 crash in North Hertfordshire on 13 May 2018 at 12:40 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire at 12:40 on Sunday 13 May 2018. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2018
- Sunday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8679, longitude -0.18452, in the SG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Knebworth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knebworth, North Hertfordshire, SG3 6BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018410298930
- Council area
- North Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 197
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1995.
Slight
Car crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 5 April 1995
11 m awayRef 19954100G0091
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 11 June 2015
17 m awayRef 20154100G0307
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 24 April 1994
62 m awayRef 19944100E2114
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 23 October 2023
90 m awayRef 2023411401214
Serious
Car crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 29 July 1983
99 m awayRef 19834141E1156
Serious
Car crash on the B197 in North Hertfordshire, 21 November 1979
99 m awayRef 19794141E1258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018410298930 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2018.