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Unclassified road crash in Barnet EN4 on 4 January 1997 at 08:48 involving a Mercedes 200

A Mercedes 200, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Barnet at 08:48 on Saturday 4 January 1997. The 50-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 1997
Saturday, 08:48
Vehicles
3
Mercedes 200 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6331, longitude -0.14385, in the EN4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701SA00013
Council area
Barnet
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 200)

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 199701SA00013 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1997.