A505 crash in North Hertfordshire on 22 December 2025 at 15:45 involving a Mini Countryman
A Mini Countryman and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire at 15:45 on Monday 22 December 2025. The 29-year-old female driver of the Mini Countryman was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2025
- Monday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Countryman and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96628, longitude -0.19303, in the SG6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Letchworth South East, North Hertfordshire, SG6 2EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411697142
- Council area
- North Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 505
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 197
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 4 July 2022.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire, 4 July 2022
1 m awayRef 2022411195582
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire, 4 November 2009
8 m awayRef 20094100G0691
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire, 3 January 2015
8 m awayRef 20154100G0010
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire, 10 January 2015
8 m awayRef 20154100G0034
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire, 24 July 2017
10 m awayRef 2017410206789
Serious
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A505 in North Hertfordshire, 27 November 2020
16 m awayRef 2020411005133
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Countryman)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025411697142 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 2025.