B198 crash in Broxbourne on 23 December 2019 at 23:30 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B198 in Broxbourne at 23:30 on Monday 23 December 2019. The 45-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2019
- Monday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70284, longitude -0.04038, in the EN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cheshunt. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cheshunt South and Theobalds, Broxbourne, EN8 9DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Broxbourne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019410925530
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 198
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2025.
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the B198 in Broxbourne, 14 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025411603510
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B198 in Broxbourne, 7 October 2013
2 m awayRef 20134100K0501
Slight
Car crash on the A121 in Broxbourne, 29 December 1984
9 m awayRef 198401YF00974
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A121 in Broxbourne, 21 May 1991
9 m awayRef 199101YF00302
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A121 in Broxbourne, 8 October 1994
11 m awayRef 199401YC00183
Slight
Taxi crash on the A121 in Broxbourne, 19 February 1982
11 m awayRef 1982010YF0127
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)
- 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 2019410925530 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 2019.