A1081 crash in Hertsmere on 24 February 2019 at 12:08 involving a BMW X4
A BMW X4 and a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter lorry were involved in a crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere at 12:08 on Sunday 24 February 2019. The 65-year-old male driver of the BMW X4 and a 67-year-old female passenger in the BMW X4 were 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
- 24 Feb 2019
- Sunday, 12:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X4 and Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6843, longitude -0.22742, in the EN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shenley, Hertsmere, EN6 3NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019410825154
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1081
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1999.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1(M) in Hertsmere, 6 May 1999
3 m awayRef 199901SA00204
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 19 December 1996
3 m awayRef 199601SA01049
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 28 April 1993
17 m awayRef 199301SA00324
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 22 September 1993
17 m awayRef 199301SA00714
Slight
Car crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 16 March 1985
23 m awayRef 198501SA00186
Serious
Car crash on the A1081 in Hertsmere, 26 April 1998
23 m awayRef 199801SA00228
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X4
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2019410825154 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2019.