Serious A109 crash in Enfield on 10 March 1998 at 13:15 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry were involved in a crash on the A109 in Enfield at 13:15 on Tuesday 10 March 1998. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Mar 1998
- Tuesday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Leyland DAF FA 45
- Casualties
- 5
- 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61205, longitude -0.13792, in the N11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199801YE00166
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 109
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2016.
Slight
Mitsubishi Grandis crash on the A109 in Enfield, 7 January 2016
At the same spotRef 201601YE80066
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A109 in Enfield, 18 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199401SG00262
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A109 in Enfield, 6 January 2022
11 m awayRef 2022010353355
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A109 in Enfield, 2 March 2017
14 m awayRef 2017010025288
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A109 in Enfield, 27 May 2012
20 m awayRef 201201YE80316
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A109 in Enfield, 21 October 2016
20 m awayRef 2016010031476
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FA 45
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 199801YE00166 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 1998.