Serious A106 crash in Hackney on 17 December 1996 at 12:31 involving a Hino lorry
A lorry, a Hino lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A106 in Hackney at 12:31 on Tuesday 17 December 1996. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 1996
- Tuesday, 12:31
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hino and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5451, longitude -0.03552, in the E9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601GD00633
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 106
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 16 February 1997.
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Hino
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 13,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
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 199601GD00633 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1996.