A406 crash in Enfield on 31 December 2012 at 22:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 22:50 on Monday 31 December 2012. The 39-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2012
- Monday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61236, longitude -0.10958, in the N13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Southgate, Enfield, N22 8QS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201YE89024
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 105
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 1997.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A105 in Enfield, 19 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199701YE00457
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A105 in Enfield, 24 October 1999
At the same spotRef 199901YE00657
Serious
Car crash on the A105 in Enfield, 6 January 1986
At the same spotRef 198601YE00007
Slight
Car crash on the A105 in Enfield, 1 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601YE00428
Slight
Car crash on the A105 in Enfield, 31 August 1987
At the same spotRef 198701YE00484
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A105 in Enfield, 24 May 2012
At the same spotRef 201201YE80314
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201201YE89024 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.