B174 crash in Havering on 20 April 1985 at 00:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B174 in Havering at 00:05 on Saturday 20 April 1985. A 43-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and the 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 1985
- Saturday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59879, longitude 0.16332, in the RM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501KD00328
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 174
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2015.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B174 in Havering, 25 November 2015
At the same spotRef 201501KD50660
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B174 in Havering, 23 November 2023
6 m awayRef 2023010479832
Slight
Bus crash on the B174 in Havering, 10 October 1985
10 m awayRef 198501KD00845
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B174 in Havering, 5 May 1992
10 m awayRef 199201KD00353
Serious
Bus crash on the B174 in Havering, 22 November 1988
10 m awayRef 198801KD01119
Slight
Dennis crash on the B174 in Havering, 21 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200201KD00928
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198501KD00328 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1985.