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A1055 crash in Enfield on 26 December 1996 at 22:25 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 crashed on the A1055 in Enfield at 22:25 on Thursday 26 December 1996. The 80-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1996
Thursday, 22:25
Vehicles
1
Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67987, longitude -0.03403, in the EN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199601YF00935
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1055
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1010

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 6 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

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 199601YF00935 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1996.