Serious A412 crash in Three Rivers on 2 March 2021 at 15:57 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A412 in Three Rivers at 15:57 on Tuesday 2 March 2021. The 64-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Mar 2021
- Tuesday, 15:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61939, longitude -0.5111, in the WD3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorleywood South & Maple Cross, Three Rivers, WD3 9UE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021411033679
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 412
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2001.
Slight
Alfa Romeo 155 crash on the A412 in Three Rivers, 9 March 2001
5 m awayRef 20014100C0125
Serious
Bedford crash on the A412 in Three Rivers, 10 March 1993
5 m awayRef 19934100C0129
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A412 in Three Rivers, 24 July 2010
5 m awayRef 20104100C0697
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A412 in Three Rivers, 10 November 2003
7 m awayRef 20034100C1375
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A412 in Three Rivers, 4 May 2001
7 m awayRef 20014100C0226
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A412 in Three Rivers, 9 June 2017
8 m awayRef 2017410209010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021411033679 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 2021.