A4251 crash in Dacorum on 26 February 2021 at 08:36 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A4251 in Dacorum at 08:36 on Friday 26 February 2021. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2021
- Friday, 08:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79188, longitude -0.63901, in the HP23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aldbury and Wigginton, Dacorum, HP23 5RB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021411028149
- Council area
- Dacorum
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4251
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2015.
Slight
Porsche Cayenne crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 21 June 2015
1 m awayRef 20154100D0355
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 29 October 2015
1 m awayRef 20154100D0601
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 22 November 2020
2 m awayRef 2020411032855
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 12 January 1999
3 m awayRef 19994100D0019
Slight
Volvo 460 crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 20 December 1996
3 m awayRef 19964100D0527
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A4251 in Dacorum, 4 March 2012
3 m awayRef 20124100D0200
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)
- 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 2021411028149 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dacorum road accident statistics for 2021.