B4542 crash in Three Rivers on 25 February 2025 at 08:40 involving a Kia Niro
A Kia Niro and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers at 08:40 on Tuesday 25 February 2025. The 53-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Tuesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Niro and Volkswagen Tiguan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62644, longitude -0.38647, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411561282
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2021.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 8 November 2021
1 m awayRef 2021411110185
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 25 September 2017
2 m awayRef 2017410236995
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 12 November 2001
4 m awayRef 20014100C0594
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Three Rivers, 29 June 2021
4 m awayRef 2021411087998
Slight
Hyundai Bayon crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 13 May 2024
5 m awayRef 2024411452833
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the B4542 in Three Rivers, 4 April 2015
5 m awayRef 20154100C0310
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Niro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Tiguan)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025411561282 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 2025.