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B487 crash in St Albans on 3 December 2021 at 12:03 involving a Toyota Hilux

A Toyota Hilux crashed on the B487 in St Albans at 12:03 on Friday 3 December 2021. The 43-year-old female driver and a male passenger aged under 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2021
Friday, 12:03
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hilux
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7776, longitude -0.43029, in the HP2 postcode district. 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 St Albans

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021411136175
Council area
St Albans
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
487
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 30 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2021411136175 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2021.