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B137 crash in Enfield on 12 March 2004 at 21:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B137 in Enfield at 21:00 on Friday 12 March 2004. The 24-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 2004
Friday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62723, longitude -0.04567, in the N9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Jubilee, Enfield, N9 8NR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401YE00127
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
137
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200401YE00127 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 2004.