B550 crash in Barnet on 10 October 2016 at 15:37 involving a Suzuki Swift
A lorry and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the B550 in Barnet at 15:37 on Monday 10 October 2016. The 24-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift and a 6-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 2016
- Monday, 15:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61269, longitude -0.15867, in the N12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Friern Barnet, Barnet, N11 3DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010023883
- Council area
- Barnet
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 550
- Road type
- Single 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
- 1003
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1995.
Slight
MCW crash on the A1003 in Barnet, 15 August 1995
At the same spotRef 199501SG00402
Slight
Volvo 480 crash on the A1003 in Barnet, 15 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199401SG00553
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B550 in Barnet, 6 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TB00302
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A1003 in Barnet, 20 May 2000
At the same spotRef 200001SX00712
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A1003 in Barnet, 4 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201001SX20456
Slight
Lexus CT 200 crash on the A1003 in Barnet, 1 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010605080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016010023883 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.