A40 crash in Camden on 11 April 1986 at 20:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A40 in Camden at 20:10 on Friday 11 April 1986. A 25-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 25-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 1986
- Friday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51823, longitude -0.11365, in the WC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198601EO00145
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 400
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 28 December 1985.
Slight
Van crash on the A40 in Camden, 28 December 1985
At the same spotRef 198501EO00612
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Camden, 23 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198601EO00595
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in the City of London, 23 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199401EO00182
Slight
Taxi crash on the A40 in Camden, 5 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601EO00367
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Camden, 21 May 1986
At the same spotRef 198601EO00231
Serious
Car crash on the A40 in Camden, 13 February 1986
At the same spotRef 198601EO00062
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, 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 198601EO00145 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1986.