A105 crash in Enfield on 26 December 2008 at 18:10 involving a Rover 200 Series
A Rover 200 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A105 in Enfield at 18:10 on Friday 26 December 2008. The 87-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series, a female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 55-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2008
- Friday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63156, longitude -0.09577, in the N21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winchmore Hill, Enfield, N21 2SG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801YE80778
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- C
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2012.
Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the A105 in Enfield, 21 January 2012
At the same spotRef 201201YE80004
Slight
Van crash on the A105 in Enfield, 29 September 1986
At the same spotRef 198601YE00561
Slight
Car crash on the A105 in Enfield, 11 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200101YE00018
Slight
Car crash on the A105 in Enfield, 18 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199901YE00736
Slight
Car crash on the A105 in Enfield, 11 September 1986
At the same spotRef 198601YE00529
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A105 in Enfield, 10 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199601YE00423
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200801YE80778 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 2008.