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Fatal A407 crash in Brent on 17 December 2016 at 23:30 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class hit a pedestrian on the A407 in Brent at 23:30 on Saturday 17 December 2016. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Dec 2016
Saturday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54743, longitude -0.22448, in the NW2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Willesden Green, Brent, NW10 2SF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Brent

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016010054160
Council area
Brent
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
407
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4003

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,685 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

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 2016010054160 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brent road accident statistics for 2016.