A406 crash in Enfield on 4 September 2003 at 22:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 22:00 on Thursday 4 September 2003. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2003
- Thursday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61107, longitude -0.13606, in the N11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Southgate, Enfield, N11 1SJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301YE00473
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 109
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2000.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 26 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200001YE00180
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A109 in Enfield, 20 July 1995
At the same spotRef 199501YR00314
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A406 in Enfield, 8 September 1996
At the same spotRef 199601YE00561
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A406 in Enfield, 25 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200401YE00447
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Nissan Leaf crash on the A406 in Enfield, 29 July 2024
8 m awayRef 2024010524411
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A406 in Enfield, 30 November 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010612633
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 200301YE00473 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 2003.