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Serious A504 crash in Haringey on 31 December 1998 at 05:17 involving a Vauxhall Viva

A Vauxhall Viva crashed on the A504 in Haringey at 05:17 on Thursday 31 December 1998. The 39-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1998
Thursday, 05:17
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Viva
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58886, longitude -0.11029, in the N8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801YR09032
Council area
Haringey
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
504
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
138

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Viva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Viva)

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 199801YR09032 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 1998.