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Fatal C road crash in Hackney E5 on 19 May 1998 at 20:41 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series crashed on a C road in Hackney at 20:41 on Tuesday 19 May 1998. The 23-year-old male driver was killed, a 23-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 24-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 May 1998
Tuesday, 20:41
Vehicles
1
Rover 400 Series
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55524, longitude -0.06119, in the E5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801GN00266
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199801GN00266 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.