A504 crash in Barnet on 24 December 2016 at 23:50 involving a Volvo XC60
A Volvo XC60 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A504 in Barnet at 23:50 on Saturday 24 December 2016. The 41-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC60 and the 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC60 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58965, longitude -0.22168, in the NW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hendon, Barnet, NW4 4QL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010008736
- Council area
- Barnet
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 504
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 502
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 1992.
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A504 in Barnet, 14 November 1992
At the same spotRef 199201SV00724
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A504 in Barnet, 5 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200501SX20515
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A502 in Barnet, 5 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200001SX00410
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A504 in Barnet, 4 October 1992
At the same spotRef 199201SV00638
Slight
Honda ANF125 crash on the A502 in Barnet, 23 July 2010
At the same spotRef 201001SX20784
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A504 in Barnet, 24 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200601SX20128
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC60)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2016010008736 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 2016.