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Unclassified road crash in Barnet N20 on 2 October 1996 at 22:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Suzuki Supercarry van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnet at 22:50 on Wednesday 2 October 1996. A male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 1996
Wednesday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63723, longitude -0.17215, in the N20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601SA00781
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 April 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Supercarry

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 199601SA00781 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1996.