A4145 crash in Three Rivers on 23 July 2022 at 00:01 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a mobility scooter were involved in a crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers at 00:01 on Saturday 23 July 2022. The 45-year-old male rider of the mobility scooter was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2022
- Saturday, 00:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and mobility scooter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63853, longitude -0.43648, in the WD18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moor Park & Eastbury, Three Rivers, WD18 9QP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022411205416
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2007.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 13 September 2007
4 m awayRef 20074100C0946
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 13 May 1997
4 m awayRef 19974100C0592
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 18 January 1993
26 m awayRef 19934100C0026
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 29 December 1995
28 m awayRef 19954100C0806
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 21 October 2016
32 m awayRef 2016410122941
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4145 in Three Rivers, 20 October 2022
35 m awayRef 2022411240878
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,333 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mobility scooter
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 2 (Mobility scooter)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022411205416 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 2022.