B1004 crash in East Hertfordshire on 17 October 2025 at 17:43 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire at 17:43 on Friday 17 October 2025. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2025
- Friday, 17:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82354, longitude 0.0417, in the SG12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411661507
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1004
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 September 2005.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 3 September 2005
12 m awayRef 20054100A9999
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 23 November 2012
32 m awayRef 20124100A0760
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 10 October 2019
48 m awayRef 2019410895141
Slight
Car crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 23 September 1989
52 m awayRef 19894141A1179
Slight
Car crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 23 March 1979
52 m awayRef 19794141A1059
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1004 in East Hertfordshire, 26 July 1992
108 m awayRef 19924141A0290
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2025411661507 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2025.