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A104 crash in Hackney on 21 November 1997 at 08:40 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the A104 in Hackney at 08:40 on Friday 21 November 1997. The 29-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 1997
Friday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55856, longitude -0.05528, in the E5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701GN00588
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
104
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
107

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 24 May 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)

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 199701GN00588 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 1997.