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Fatal A124 crash in Havering on 6 September 1997 at 20:35 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A124 in Havering at 20:35 on Saturday 6 September 1997. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 22-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Sep 1997
Saturday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56477, longitude 0.20369, in the RM11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701KD00780
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199701KD00780 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 1997.