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A41 crash in Barnet on 28 December 1985 at 21:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A41 in Barnet at 21:00 on Saturday 28 December 1985. The 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1985
Saturday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6334, longitude -0.30033, in the HA8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501SW00831
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
1

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 6 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, 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 198501SW00831 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 1985.