Unclassified road crash in Welwyn Hatfield AL9 on 3 May 2025 at 12:27 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Hyundai ix35 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield at 12:27 on Saturday 3 May 2025. The 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Kuga and the 51-year-old female driver of the Hyundai ix35 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2025
- Saturday, 12:27
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Kuga and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72814, longitude -0.22631, in the AL9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Welham Green and Hatfield South, Welwyn Hatfield, AL9 7DR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411598127
- Council area
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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 28 November 2023.
Slight
BMW X1 crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield, 28 November 2023
1 m awayRef 2023411382877
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield, 7 October 2025
2 m awayRef 2025411657640
Serious
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield, 31 August 2017
3 m awayRef 2017410215556
Slight
Vauxhall Viva crash on an unclassified road in Welwyn Hatfield, 9 July 2019
3 m awayRef 2019410862305
Slight
Honda Civic crash on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield, 26 August 2000
4 m awayRef 20004100B0547
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on a C road in Welwyn Hatfield, 10 July 2011
4 m awayRef 20114100B0370
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Hyundai ix35
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai ix35)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025411598127 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 2025.