Serious C road crash in Hackney N16 on 9 June 1996 at 16:15 involving a Lada Riva
A Lada Riva and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in Hackney at 16:15 on Sunday 9 June 1996. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two 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
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jun 1996
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lada Riva and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55069, longitude -0.07466, in the N16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601GN00228
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 10
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
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2003.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lada Riva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,452 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199601GN00228 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.