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Serious A406 crash in Barnet on 2 September 1998 at 16:15 involving a Mercedes 500

A Mercedes 500 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barnet at 16:15 on Wednesday 2 September 1998. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes 500 was seriously injured and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes 500 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 500 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60579, longitude -0.15681, in the N10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barnet

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801SC01655
Council area
Barnet
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
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
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    4,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 500)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 500)

    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 199801SC01655 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 1998.