Serious A410 crash in Harrow on 2 February 1997 at 19:50 involving a Proton Proton
A Proton Proton hit two pedestrians on the A410 in Harrow at 19:50 on Sunday 2 February 1997. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and an 82-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Feb 1997
- Sunday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Proton Proton
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62003, longitude -0.30257, in the HA7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701QA00086
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 410
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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 18 December 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A410 in Harrow, 18 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198701QA00859
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A410 in Harrow, 3 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201301QA10249
Serious
Car crash on the A410 in Harrow, 2 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010QA0581
Serious
Car crash on the A410 in Harrow, 13 February 1986
At the same spotRef 198601QA00112
Serious
Honda CG125B crash on the A410 in Harrow, 19 February 1992
At the same spotRef 199201QA00107
Serious
Mini One crash on the A410 in Harrow, 25 September 2024
6 m awayRef 2024010534291
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Proton Proton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,468 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 199701QA00086 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 1997.