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Serious A107 crash in Hackney on 20 December 2012 at 00:30 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a car were involved in a crash on the A107 in Hackney at 00:30 on Thursday 20 December 2012. The 36-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2012
Thursday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53785, longitude -0.05701, in the E8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the London Fields, Hackney, E8 3HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Hackney

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201GD10838
Council area
Hackney
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
107
Road type
Dual 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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, 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 201201GD10838 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.