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A409 crash in Harrow on 21 April 1997 at 20:40 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on the A409 in Harrow at 20:40 on Monday 21 April 1997. The 62-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 1997
Monday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Mercedes 200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58584, longitude -0.33242, in the HA1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow.

Map of where the crash happened in Harrow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701QA00302
Council area
Harrow
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
409
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

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 23 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199701QA00302 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.