A1250 crash in East Hertfordshire on 4 November 2021 at 10:17 involving a Mazda MX-5
A Mazda MX-5 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire at 10:17 on Thursday 4 November 2021. The 46-year-old female driver of the Mazda MX-5 and a 65-year-old male passenger in the Mazda MX-5 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2021
- Thursday, 10:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda MX-5 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86863, longitude 0.17725, in the CM23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishop's Stortford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Stortford Parsonage, East Hertfordshire, CM23 5PE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021411114484
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1250
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 January 2020.
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire, 4 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020410917931
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire, 19 March 2006
5 m awayRef 20064100A0217
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire, 31 December 1997
5 m awayRef 19974100A0607
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire, 7 January 2022
8 m awayRef 2022411138503
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire, 1 October 2004
8 m awayRef 20044100A0857
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1250 in East Hertfordshire, 8 June 1998
14 m awayRef 19984100A0238
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2021411114484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2021.