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Serious A105 crash in Enfield on 31 December 1998 at 11:55 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Volkswagen were involved in a crash on the A105 in Enfield at 11:55 on Thursday 31 December 1998. The 70-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1998
Thursday, 11:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62788, longitude -0.09841, in the N21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801YE00820
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
105
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, 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 199801YE00820 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.