Details of Road Traffic Accidents in Ickleford causing Injuries
I have been a pedestrian ever since I could walk and I understand exactly how terrifying the roads can appear. Especially due to poor road maintenance, traffic is louder and hence appears faster than it actual is. A reliable measure of road safety is accidents and therefore details of all accidents causing injuries for the last 30 years in Ickleford are summarised and detailed below.
This report is based on documents supplied by Antony Oldridge (Data Team Manager, Hertfordshire Highways), in particular Accident Summary, Map of Accidents in Last 3 Years, Details of Accidents in Last 3 Years, Map of Accidents in Last 30 Years, and Details of Accidents in Last 30 Years.
Summary
- No pedestrians injured in last 6 years due to road traffic accidents
- No injury accidents in the last 30 years at or near the new humped zebra crossing installed in February 2010 - 3 near misses have been reported since it was installed, 2 involving pedestrians on the crossing
- No cyclists injured in last 10 years due to road traffic accidents, apart from 3 accidents causing slight injuries, 2 on Bedford Road (4 August 2007 & 26 August 2000) and one on Arlesey Road outside Duncots Close (6 October 2004)
- No fatalities in the last 30 years since records began
- In 2009 there was just 1 accident injuring 1 person (a motorcyclist coming into the village on the Arlesey Road going round the left hand bend by the stables was slightly injured)
- In 2008 there were 4 accidents injuring 7 people (all were slight injury accidents)
- In 2007 there were 3 accidents injuring 5 people (1 serious injury, and 4 were slightly injured). The serious accident was an 81 year old not wearing a seatbelt crashed into a parked car and van on Greenfield Avenue
- Of those causing injury accidents in the last 3 years, their average age is 40 years old
- In the last 30 years there are no accident clusters/“blackspots” although biggest grouping of accidents at Cadwell Bridge and Bedford Road/Turnpike Lane roundabout
In Ickleford there have been 143 accidents (injuring 181 people) in the last 30 years (an average of 4.8 accidents per year or 6 injuries per year) and 8 accidents (injuring 13 people) in the last 3 years (an average of 2.7 accidents per year or 4.3 injuries per year). This suggests that compared to the last 30 years Ickleford roads were 44% safer for accidents and 28% safer for injuries in the last 3 years.
In 2007 and 2008 there were 7 accidents (injuring 12 people) in Ickleford (an average of 3.5 accident per year or 6 injuries per year). In 2009 there was one injury accident (slightly injuring 1 person). This suggests that compared to 2007 and 2008 Ickleford roads were 71% safer for accidents and 83% safer for injuries in 2009.
Fatal Road Accidents in Ickleford since 1980 - Zero
Since 1 January 1980 there have been zero road fatalities.
Serious Injury Road Accidents in Ickleford since 1980 - 27 (One in last 3 years)
27 accidents (causing 29 serious injuries) in 30 years (an average of 0.9 accidents per year or 0.97 serious injuries per year), 1 accident (causing 1 serious injury) in the last 3 years (an average of 0.3 accidents per year or 0.3 serious injuries per year) which suggests that compared to the last 30 years Ickleford roads were 66% safer for accidents causing serious injuries and 69% safer for serious injuries.
Here are the details of the one serious accident in the last 3 years. On 10 June 2007 at 8:30pm in fine weather and on a dry road surface an 81 year old male not wearing his seatbelt crashed his car into 2 parked vehicles (a car and a van) outside number 9 Greenfield Avenue.
Slight Injury Incidents in Ickleford since 1980 - 116 (Seven in last 3 years)
116 accidents (causing 152 slight injuries) in 30 years (an average of 3.9 accidents per year or 5.1 slight injuries per year), 7 accidents (causing 12 slight injuries) in the last 3 years (an average of 2.3 accidents per year or 4 slight injuries per year), which suggests that compared to the last 30 years Ickleford roads were 41% safer for accidents causing slight injuries and 27% safer for slight injuries.
Here are details of the 7 slight injury accidents in the last 3 years:
- On a fine Sunday 24 May 2009 at 11:08am on a dry Arlesey Road going round the left hand bend by the stables driving towards the village a 24 year old male on a motor cycle had a slight injury accident. No other vehicles or injuries.
- On a rainy Monday 17 November 2008 at 13:04pm at a wet Bedford Road/Turnpike Lane roundabout a heavy weight goods vehicle driven by a 61 year old travelling on the Bedford Road towards Hitchin skidded and hit a car on it's nearside being driven by a 28 year old woman on the Bedford Road coming out of Hitchin and turning right into Turnpike Lane who was slightly injured.
- On a rainy and windy Saturday 1 March 2008 at 1:50am on a wet Arlesey Road coming out of the village after Cadwell Bridge near Metro Manilla house, a car driven by a 18 year old skidded because of mud on the road and went into the back of a taxi travelling in the same direction driven by a 63 year old. A rear seat passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.
- On a fine windy Friday 29 February 2008 at 6:04pm on a dry Arlesey Road coming out of the village after Cadwell Bridge just before Brookers yard, a car driven by a 39 year old male wearing a seat belt collided with some other object in the road and had slight injuries. No other vehicles or injuries.
- On a fine, dark but lit Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 5:45pm on a wet Turnpike Lane outside number 28 during roadworks a car driven by a 44 year old female coming out of the village skidded and collided into the back of a waiting car travelling in the same direction, and also the fronts of two other vehicles travelling in the opposite direction. 3 drivers and a front seat passenger had slight injuries.
- On a fine Saturday 4 August 2007 at 11:35am on a dry Bedford Road travelling into Hitchin 100 metres SE of the roundabout the nearside of a car driven by a 37 year old impact with the offside of a bicycle ridden by a 45 year old male travelling in the same direction. The cyclist was slightly injured.
- On a fine but dark Wednesday 10 January 2007 at 6:17pm on a dry Arlesey Road outside number 129 the offside of a car driven by a 60 year old female into the village impacted with the offside of a car driven by a 20 year old male travelling out of the village. Both drivers and a 46 male front seat passenger has slight injuries.