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A406 crash in Enfield on 23 November 1985 at 17:25 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 17:25 on Saturday 23 November 1985. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1985
Saturday, 17:25
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61573, longitude -0.09776, in the N13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501YE00708
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
406
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 slight injury crash on 29 April 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, 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 198501YE00708 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.