Serious A1170 crash in Broxbourne on 28 September 2024 at 20:15 involving a Hyundai i20
Four vehicles, including a Hyundai i20 and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne at 20:15 on Saturday 28 September 2024. The 22-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i20 and the 47-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were seriously injured and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Sep 2024
- Saturday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Hyundai i20 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77013, longitude -0.01414, in the EN11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hoddesdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoddesdon North, Broxbourne, EN11 9LR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024411516237
- Council area
- Broxbourne
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1170
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 December 2015.
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 17 December 2015
14 m awayRef 20154100K0643
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 28 March 1994
15 m awayRef 19944100A0136
Slight
Van crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 3 September 1979
23 m awayRef 19794141A3060
Slight
Car crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 10 April 2001
25 m awayRef 20014100K0208
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 5 November 2004
25 m awayRef 20044100K0755
Serious
Sachs XTC crash on the A1170 in Broxbourne, 9 March 2006
47 m awayRef 20064100K0158
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: MG 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2024411516237 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Broxbourne road accident statistics for 2024.