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A1202 crash in Hackney on 19 January 2012 at 06:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Mercedes Vito van were involved in a crash on the A1202 in Hackney at 06:40 on Thursday 19 January 2012. The 46-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 25-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito van were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2012
Thursday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Mercedes Vito
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52429, longitude -0.08036, in the EC2A postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201GD10028
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1202
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Vito)

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 201201GD10028 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2012.