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Serious A1207 crash in Hackney on 23 December 1998 at 17:40 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A1207 in Hackney at 17:40 on Wednesday 23 December 1998. A 29-year-old male passenger in the Iveco-Ford lorry and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Iveco-Ford lorry were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5466, longitude -0.05521, in the E8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801GD00631
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1207
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    3,908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    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 199801GD00631 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 1998.