A4145 crash in Watford on 2 May 2021 at 17:50 involving a Toyota Auris
A Toyota Auris and a car were involved in a crash on the A4145 in Watford at 17:50 on Sunday 2 May 2021. The 51-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris, a 17-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Auris and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Auris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2021
- Sunday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Auris and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64922, longitude -0.41394, in the WD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vicarage, Watford, WD18 0LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Watford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021411068503
- Council area
- Watford
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4145
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A4145 in Watford, 10 October 2017
2 m awayRef 2017410230893
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4145 in Watford, 17 October 1999
3 m awayRef 19994100C0600
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A4145 in Watford, 12 May 2011
3 m awayRef 20114100C0432
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4145 in Watford, 2 January 2025
3 m awayRef 2025411544840
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Watford, 31 January 1998
3 m awayRef 19984100C0063
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in Watford, 24 February 1994
3 m awayRef 19944100C0094
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)
- 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 2021411068503 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 2021.