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Serious unclassified road crash in Dacorum HP2 on 29 March 2021 at 16:18 involving a Mazda 3

A Mazda 3 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Dacorum at 16:18 on Monday 29 March 2021. A 55-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Mar 2021
Monday, 16:18
Vehicles
1
Mazda 3
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77408, longitude -0.44203, in the HP2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hemel Hempstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodhall Farm, Dacorum, HP2 7LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dacorum

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021411047239
Council area
Dacorum
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
487

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,261 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2021411047239 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.