A406 crash in Enfield on 10 October 1997 at 01:35 involving a Saab 9000
A Saab 9000 and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 01:35 on Friday 10 October 1997. The 25-year-old female driver of the Saab 9000 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 1997
- Friday, 01:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 9000 and Audi 80
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61457, longitude -0.06531, in the N18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701YE00636
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A406 in Enfield, 15 February 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010018888
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Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in Enfield, 22 March 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010433562
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Enfield, 24 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198601YE00769
Slight
Scania crash on the A406 in Enfield, 27 February 1998
10 m awayRef 199801YE00148
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A406 in Enfield, 20 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200001YE00762
Slight
Bus crash on the A406 in Enfield, 31 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198701YE00418
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9000
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Audi 80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)
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 199701YE00636 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1997.