A1055 crash in Haringey on 13 October 2012 at 13:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A1055 in Haringey at 13:40 on Saturday 13 October 2012. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2012
- Saturday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58899, longitude -0.06074, in the N17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Tottenham, Haringey, N15 4BG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Haringey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201YR90591
- Council area
- Haringey
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1055
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2022.
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulietta crash on the A1055 in Haringey, 10 November 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010409684
Slight
Renault Grand Scenic crash on the A1055 in Haringey, 27 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010617561
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1055 in Haringey, 26 April 1998
10 m awayRef 199801YT00223
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A1055 in Haringey, 24 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200101YR00393
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1055 in Haringey, 18 November 1999
10 m awayRef 199901YR00756
Slight
Dennis crash on the A1055 in Haringey, 11 January 2003
10 m awayRef 200301YR00080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 201201YR90591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 2012.