A41 crash in Three Rivers on 1 October 2022 at 11:59 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Insignia and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, were involved in a crash on the A41 in Three Rivers at 11:59 on Saturday 1 October 2022. The 40-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, the 24-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and the 65-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2022
- Saturday, 11:59
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Insignia and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69009, longitude -0.43551, in the WD4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gade Valley, Three Rivers, WD4 8RW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022411241137
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 January 1994.
Serious
Nissan 200 crash on the A41 in Three Rivers, 8 January 1994
11 m awayRef 19944100C0013
Slight
Triumph crash on the A41 in Watford, 25 June 2004
18 m awayRef 20044100C0814
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A41 in Three Rivers, 19 February 2011
25 m awayRef 20114100C0188
Serious
MCC Smart crash on the A41 in Three Rivers, 27 February 2014
25 m awayRef 20144100C0226
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A41 in Three Rivers, 31 March 1994
36 m awayRef 19944100C0191
Slight
Scania crash on the A41 in Three Rivers, 31 January 1990
40 m awayRef 19904141C0060
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat 500)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022411241137 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.