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Serious A4006 crash in Brent on 21 February 1997 at 20:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A4006 in Brent at 20:30 on Friday 21 February 1997. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 1997
Friday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Nissan Bluebird
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58526, longitude -0.31065, in the HA3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.

Map of where the crash happened in Brent

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701QA00146
Council area
Brent
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4006
Road type
Dual 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 1 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,770 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199701QA00146 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 1997.