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Serious B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 10 August 2024 at 13:30 involving a Toyota Prius

A car and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 13:30 on Saturday 10 August 2024. The 48-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was seriously 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
Serious
Date
10 Aug 2024
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Prius
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62807, longitude -0.38705, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024411478757
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
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

Serious injury band
Less 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024411478757 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 2024.