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Unclassified road crash in Hertsmere WD6 on 25 January 2021 at 05:35 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Hertsmere at 05:35 on Monday 25 January 2021. A 44-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 2021
Monday, 05:35
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66955, longitude -0.28493, in the WD6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Borehamwood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borehamwood Brookmeadow, Hertsmere, WD6 4UB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021411035929
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 83 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2021411035929 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 2021.