Serious A1004 crash in Enfield on 8 March 1985 at 17:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A1004 in Enfield at 17:35 on Friday 8 March 1985. A 5-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 and a 3-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Mar 1985
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6196, longitude -0.11508, in the N13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501YE00136
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1004
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 2 June 1991.
Slight
Fiat Mirafiori crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 2 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199101YE00322
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 19 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200401YE00238
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 16 December 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010620161
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 28 September 1999
10 m awayRef 199901YE00608
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 7 January 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010010245
Serious
Car crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 21 December 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010079743
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 198501YE00136 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1985.