A4006 crash in Brent on 24 May 1997 at 15:10 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A4006 in Brent at 15:10 on Saturday 24 May 1997. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were 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
- 24 May 1997
- Saturday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5869, longitude -0.30568, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701QA00353
- Council area
- Brent
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4006
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1997.
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A4006 in Brent, 15 August 1997
10 m awayRef 199701QA00527
Slight
Car crash on the A4006 in Brent, 9 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198601QD00256
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4006 in Brent, 12 January 1996
10 m awayRef 199601QA00018
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A4006 in Brent, 9 August 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010591089
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4006 in Brent, 27 September 2007
14 m awayRef 200701QK50410
Slight
Car crash on the A4006 in Brent, 17 September 1986
14 m awayRef 198601QA00620
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, 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 199701QA00353 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.