Serious A312 crash in Harrow on 5 December 1992 at 22:26 involving a Ford Orion
A Ford Orion hit two pedestrians on the A312 in Harrow at 22:26 on Saturday 5 December 1992. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and an 81-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Dec 1992
- Saturday, 22:26
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Orion
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56217, longitude -0.35637, in the HA2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201QA00769
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 312
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2022.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A312 in Harrow, 25 September 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010402773
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A312 in Harrow, 5 May 2013
10 m awayRef 201301QA10149
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A312 in Harrow, 24 March 1993
10 m awayRef 199301QA00183
Slight
Car crash on the A312 in Harrow, 7 September 1986
14 m awayRef 198601QA00593
Serious
Volvo crash on the A312 in Harrow, 17 April 2007
14 m awayRef 200701QA62084
Slight
Bus crash on the A312 in Harrow, 26 October 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010QA0744
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 199201QA00769 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1992.