Serious B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 2 June 2021 at 07:30 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a Yamaha MT motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 07:30 on Wednesday 2 June 2021. The 29-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jun 2021
- Wednesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and Yamaha MT
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61957, longitude -0.38666, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021411063246
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 1998.
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 29 December 1998
6 m awayRef 19984100C0843
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 26 February 2025
20 m awayRef 2025411577809
Fatal
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 20 November 2006
23 m awayRef 20064100C1242
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 13 June 2021
25 m awayRef 2021411062747
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 22 December 2016
27 m awayRef 2016410145321
Slight
Car crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 21 August 1979
29 m awayRef 19794141C2264
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha MT
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 847 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha MT)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2021411063246 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.