C road crash in Haringey N22 on 20 December 1985 at 08:45 involving a lorry
A lorry and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on a C road in Haringey at 08:45 on Friday 20 December 1985. The 55-year-old male driver of the lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 1985
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59794, longitude -0.12132, in the N22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501YR00565
- Council area
- Haringey
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
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 198501YR00565 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1985.