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Serious A1010 crash in Haringey on 24 September 2003 at 21:08 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A1010 in Haringey at 21:08 on Wednesday 24 September 2003. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 2003
Wednesday, 21:08
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Honda CRV
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59846, longitude -0.06814, in the N17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bruce Castle, Haringey, N17 6RX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301YR00792
Council area
Haringey
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1010
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
A
Second road number
109

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 serious injury crash on 28 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CRV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 200301YR00792 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 2003.