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Serious A4005 crash in Harrow on 17 July 1985 at 21:10 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A4005 in Harrow at 21:10 on Wednesday 17 July 1985. A 41-year-old female passenger in the car and the 43-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 1985
Wednesday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57722, longitude -0.33317, in the HA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501QA00452
Council area
Harrow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4005
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
404

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 3 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, 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 198501QA00452 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1985.