A10 crash in Enfield on 9 October 2012 at 22:40 involving a BMW 7 Series
A car, a BMW 7 Series and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A10 in Enfield at 22:40 on Tuesday 9 October 2012. All four casualties 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
- 9 Oct 2012
- Tuesday, 22:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 7 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64627, longitude -0.06047, in the EN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carterhatch, Enfield, EN1 1UB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201YE80661
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 10
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2003.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A10 in Enfield, 27 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200301YF00538
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A10 in Enfield, 17 February 2023
14 m awayRef 2023010427751
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A10 in Enfield, 24 January 2003
22 m awayRef 200301YF00046
Serious
Sym Jet crash on the A10 in Enfield, 16 September 2025
31 m awayRef 2025010597905
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A10 in Enfield, 19 June 1999
32 m awayRef 199901YF00407
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A10 in Enfield, 17 July 1998
32 m awayRef 199801YF00500
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
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 201201YE80661 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 2012.