A1055 crash in Enfield on 11 December 1997 at 18:35 involving a Peugeot 205
A van and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A1055 in Enfield at 18:35 on Thursday 11 December 1997. The 46-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1997
- Thursday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Peugeot 205
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62828, longitude -0.04118, in the N9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701YE00809
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1055
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2025.
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Honda Civic crash on the A1055 in Enfield, 31 December 2005
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Daihatsu Cuore crash on the A1055 in Enfield, 2 August 2001
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Rover 200 Series crash on the A1055 in Enfield, 31 May 2004
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)
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 199701YE00809 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.