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Serious A41 crash in Hertsmere on 10 November 2024 at 16:10 involving a Mercedes Gla Class

A Mercedes Gla Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A41 in Hertsmere at 16:10 on Sunday 10 November 2024. The 86-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 49-year-old female driver of the Mercedes Gla Class was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Nov 2024
Sunday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Gla Class and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64437, longitude -0.32464, in the WD23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushey Heath, Hertsmere, WD23 4EH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024411516675
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, lighting unknown
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gla Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Gla Class)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    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 2024411516675 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2024.