A41 crash in Hertsmere on 22 August 2025 at 08:41 involving a Dacia Sandero
A Dacia Sandero and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A41 in Hertsmere at 08:41 on Friday 22 August 2025. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 26-year-old male driver of the Dacia Sandero were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2025
- Friday, 08:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Sandero and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64702, longitude -0.33326, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411657281
- 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
- 50 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2011.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 23 September 2011
4 m awayRef 20114100J0591
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 16 December 1994
7 m awayRef 199401SA01024
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 25 March 2002
7 m awayRef 20024100J2241
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 31 October 1983
7 m awayRef 1983010SA0751
Serious
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 25 August 2002
7 m awayRef 20024100J2655
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Hertsmere, 14 May 1997
7 m awayRef 199701SA00411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025411657281 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 2025.