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Unclassified road crash in Hackney N16 on 24 September 1998 at 08:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hackney at 08:10 on Thursday 24 September 1998. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 32-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 1998
Thursday, 08:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5696, longitude -0.07631, in the N16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801GN00540
Council area
Hackney
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 199801GN00540 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.