A405 crash in Three Rivers on 9 November 2022 at 08:58 involving an Audi Q2
An Audi Q2 and a van were involved in a crash on the A405 in Three Rivers at 08:58 on Wednesday 9 November 2022. The 29-year-old female driver of the Audi Q2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Nov 2022
- Wednesday, 08:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q2 and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70686, longitude -0.38098, in the AL2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Stephen, St Albans, AL2 3RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022411242809
- 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
- 405
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2002.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A405 in St Albans, 20 March 2002
3 m awayRef 20024100F4310
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A405 in Three Rivers, 17 February 2025
3 m awayRef 2025411567568
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A405 in Three Rivers, 19 April 1996
8 m awayRef 19964100F0154
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A405 in Three Rivers, 8 April 1998
14 m awayRef 19984100F0126
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A405 in Three Rivers, 11 February 2005
14 m awayRef 20054100F4155
Serious
Isuzu Trooper crash on the A405 in Three Rivers, 10 November 1993
18 m awayRef 19934100C0555
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,485 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q2)
- 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 2022411242809 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.