A404 crash in Three Rivers on 25 October 2025 at 09:08 involving a Mercedes B Class
A Mercedes B Class, a Honda Jazz and a car were involved in a crash on the A404 in Three Rivers at 09:08 on Saturday 25 October 2025. The 48-year-old male driver of the Mercedes B Class, the 45-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz and the 39-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2025
- Saturday, 09:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes B Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65164, longitude -0.48313, in the WD3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chorleywood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorleywood North & Sarratt, Three Rivers, WD3 4DZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411661869
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 14 March 1997
10 m awayRef 19974100C0186
Slight
Porsche Taycan crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 12 November 2025
16 m awayRef 2025411684843
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 12 July 1994
20 m awayRef 19944100C0371
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 15 January 2004
24 m awayRef 20044100C0055
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 13 December 2005
42 m awayRef 20054100C1387
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A404 in Three Rivers, 17 April 2000
60 m awayRef 20004100C0190
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes B Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025411661869 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.