A120 crash in East Hertfordshire on 17 August 2018 at 17:20 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle, a Mercedes Viano and a Volvo V60 were involved in a crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire at 17:20 on Friday 17 August 2018. The 39-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2018
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87605, longitude 0.13153, in the CM23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Stortford North, East Hertfordshire, CM23 2UZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018410323696
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 2015.
Slight
Toyota crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire, 4 February 2015
15 m awayRef 20154100A0069
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire, 13 December 2024
42 m awayRef 2024411559728
Serious
Toyota Hilux crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire, 22 July 2023
62 m awayRef 2023411377881
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire, 10 July 2014
64 m awayRef 20144100A0424
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire, 23 July 2021
71 m awayRef 2021411080796
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A120 in East Hertfordshire, 3 November 2025
72 m awayRef 2025411671131
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Viano
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volvo V60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018410323696 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 2018.