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Serious unclassified road crash in Watford WD19 on 2 December 2024 at 21:15 involving a Peugeot 2008

A Peugeot 2008 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Watford at 21:15 on Monday 2 December 2024. A 66-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 2024
Monday, 21:15
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 2008
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64422, longitude -0.39036, in the WD19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oxhey, Watford, WD18 0HZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Watford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024411540862
Council area
Watford
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds

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, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 2008)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2024411540862 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Watford road accident statistics for 2024.