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Serious A406 crash in Barnet on 30 December 1996 at 09:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford van were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barnet at 09:50 on Monday 30 December 1996. The 25-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 1996
Monday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57115, longitude -0.23166, in the NW9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601SG00705
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
406
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199601SG00705 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.