B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 31 August 2022 at 15:42 involving a Honda Jazz
Two Honda Jazz cars and a Dacia Logan were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 15:42 on Wednesday 31 August 2022. The 84-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 58-year-old male driver of the Dacia Logan were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2022
- Wednesday, 15:42
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Jazz and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62797, longitude -0.38699, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford, Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Oxhey, Three Rivers, WD19 7SD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022411222241
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4542
- 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
- 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 28 November 1992.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 28 November 1992
4 m awayRef 19924100C0537
Slight
KTM 125 Duke crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 16 January 2018
5 m awayRef 2018410262303
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 25 August 2011
6 m awayRef 20114100C1015
Serious
Lexus LS400 crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 23 September 2006
6 m awayRef 20064100C1032
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 8 October 1993
6 m awayRef 19934100C0488
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 18 August 1995
6 m awayRef 19954100C0498
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Dacia Logan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dacia Logan)
- 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 2022411222241 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.