A41 crash in Hertsmere on 3 June 2021 at 15:21 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van, a BMW 3 Series and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A41 in Hertsmere at 15:21 on Thursday 3 June 2021. The 71-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2021
- Thursday, 15:21
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit Custom and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64322, longitude -0.32204, in the WD23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey Heath, Hertsmere, WD23 4EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021411067964
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 June 2002.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 16 June 2002
7 m awayRef 20024100CA112
Serious
Lexus IS200 crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 13 May 2017
8 m awayRef 2017410184743
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 19 March 1987
11 m awayRef 198701SA00181
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 7 July 1988
11 m awayRef 198801SA00514
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 22 June 2010
19 m awayRef 20104100C0583
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 25 August 1997
19 m awayRef 199701SA00674
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021411067964 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.