B461 crash in Harrow on 12 February 2011 at 17:26 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B461 in Harrow at 17:26 on Saturday 12 February 2011. A 6-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 12-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2011
- Saturday, 17:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61004, longitude -0.28053, in the HA8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harrow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burnt Oak, Barnet, HA8 9AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Harrow
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201101QA10032
- Council area
- Harrow
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 461
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2021.
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the B461 in Harrow, 23 January 2021
6 m awayRef 2021010289869
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B461 in Harrow, 21 April 1995
10 m awayRef 199501QA00250
Serious
Volvo 365 crash on the B461 in Harrow, 25 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199701QA09005
Serious
Bus crash on the B461 in Harrow, 17 August 2010
10 m awayRef 201001QA10303
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B461 in Harrow, 17 October 1986
10 m awayRef 198601QA00713
Slight
Dennis crash on the B461 in Harrow, 18 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199701QA00859
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 201101QA10032 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harrow road accident statistics for 2011.