B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 24 September 2018 at 12:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 12:30 on Monday 24 September 2018. An 82-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 24 Sep 2018
- Monday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62011, longitude -0.38797, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018410337972
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4542
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2003.
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 24 April 2003
8 m awayRef 20034100C0474
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 2 May 1998
15 m awayRef 19984100C0275
Serious
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 8 May 1979
16 m awayRef 19794141C2147
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 4 January 1983
16 m awayRef 19834141C2003
Serious
Minibus crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 29 November 1980
16 m awayRef 19804141C2183
Serious
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 21 April 1982
16 m awayRef 19824141C2067
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2018410337972 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2018.