Serious A406 crash in Enfield on 24 November 2016 at 09:58 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 09:58 on Thursday 24 November 2016. The 30-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Nov 2016
- Thursday, 09:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61621, longitude -0.08645, in the N18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haselbury, Enfield, N18 1ND area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010003159
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2019.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 23 October 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010213613
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A10 in Enfield, 7 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010581307
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A10 in Enfield, 3 January 2020
7 m awayRef 2020010228521
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A406 in Enfield, 21 July 2016
10 m awayRef 201601YE80552
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the A406 in Enfield, 18 January 2016
10 m awayRef 201601YE80085
Slight
Car crash on the A10 in Enfield, 30 March 1987
10 m awayRef 198701YE00158
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016010003159 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 2016.