Emergency services were called to a spot prone to crashes, after a car drove into a bollard.
The car was seen driving at Woodmere Avenue today (January 24) just after 11am when it hit the first left bollard and glass from the window shattered.
Tim Vigor, who installed the camera that has captured recent crashes, posted on a Facebook page dedicated to the notorious Woodmere Avenue width restriction in place.
In the video, it shows that a Volkswagen Golf jumped forward for two seconds when it struck the bollard, and the glass that shattered went to the other lane.
Woodmere Avenue was temporarily shut towards Bushey Mill Lane as police and Hertfordshire Fire Service attended, and it reopened by 12.30pm.
The car jump forward after it hit a bollard. Credit: Tim Vigor
Hertfordshire Constabulary has confirmed no one was injured.
The incident is one of countless collisions that have been caught on camera since the summer, as well as before then, with the seven-foot wide restriction first introduced in 1980 and adapted around ten years ago.
Hertfordshire County Council, which is responsible for the width restriction, announced recently it was looking at trialling enforcement cameras in Woodmere Avenue.
Glass from the car window can be seen shattered. Credit: Tim Vigor
These cameras would catch prohibited larger vehicles and take away the need for a width restriction. But the council conceded any trial is unlikely until 2023. Meriden and Tudor county councillor Steve Cavinder said he is liaising with council officers on potential shorter-term solutions.
However people have been divided on the causes of crashes at the width restriction, as while some have pointed blame on the restriction design itself, others have blamed collisions on drivers speeding or misjudging alignment of their vehicle.
Emergency services were called to Woodmere Avenue. Credit: Tim Vigor
Mr Vigor's wife Tracy, whose home is directly outside the width restriction, believes the positioning of the first bollard that is in line with a dropped kerb is catching drivers out while others have commented that the shortness of the posts makes it harder for drivers to navigate through.
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