Serious A5183 crash in St Albans on 20 June 2025 at 15:01 involving an MG ZS
An MG ZS and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A5183 in St Albans at 15:01 on Friday 20 June 2025. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Friday, 15:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZS and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76112, longitude -0.36207, in the AL3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in St Albans
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411614101
- Council area
- St Albans
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5183
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 55 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 December 2020.
Fatal
BMW 5 Series crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 10 December 2020
55 m awayRef 2020411005957
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 24 July 2015
65 m awayRef 20154100F0490
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 13 February 2001
82 m awayRef 20014100F0071
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 10 December 2016
125 m awayRef 2016410139189
Slight
Honda Legend crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 15 May 1991
139 m awayRef 19914141B0350
Slight
Car crash on the A5183 in St Albans, 13 December 1989
139 m awayRef 19894141D0731
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025411614101 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the St Albans road accident statistics for 2025.