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A127 crash in Havering on 4 January 1986 at 20:40 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A127 in Havering at 20:40 on Saturday 4 January 1986. The 28-year-old male driver of the car and a 55-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 1986
Saturday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57304, longitude 0.27914, in the RM14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601KD00329
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, 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 198601KD00329 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1986.