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Fatal A10 crash in Enfield on 31 December 1986 at 16:50 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A10 in Enfield at 16:50 on Wednesday 31 December 1986. A 72-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Dec 1986
Wednesday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61294, longitude -0.0869, in the N18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601YE00776
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
10
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 19 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 198601YE00776 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 1986.