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Fatal A5 crash in Barnet on 16 March 1983 at 22:20 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A5 in Barnet at 22:20 on Wednesday 16 March 1983. The 22-year-old male driver of the car and a 17-year-old female passenger in the car were killed and two other people were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Mar 1983
Wednesday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
4
2 killed, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61556, longitude -0.28554, in the HA8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983010SW0158
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 1983010SW0158 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1983.