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Serious A124 crash in Havering on 7 August 1996 at 12:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Zastava Yugo were involved in a crash on the A124 in Havering at 12:30 on Wednesday 7 August 1996. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Aug 1996
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Zastava Yugo
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56005, longitude 0.22958, in the RM12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601KD00707
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
124
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Zastava Yugo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Zastava Yugo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 199601KD00707 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 1996.