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Serious A10 crash in Hackney on 24 August 1985 at 02:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A10 in Hackney at 02:55 on Saturday 24 August 1985. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Aug 1985
Saturday, 02:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53553, longitude -0.07688, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501GH00444
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

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

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 198501GH00444 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1985.