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Serious unclassified road crash in Stevenage SG1 on 11 August 2022 at 14:52 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

A Volkswagen Transporter van and a Skoda Fabia were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stevenage at 14:52 on Thursday 11 August 2022. The 45-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Transporter van and the 62-year-old male driver of the Skoda Fabia were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Aug 2022
Thursday, 14:52
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Transporter and Skoda Fabia
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90931, longitude -0.18953, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bedwell, Stevenage, SG1 1PR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022411221046
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2022411221046 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2022.