A406 crash in Enfield on 26 August 2016 at 11:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Rover 75 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 11:30 on Friday 26 August 2016. The 35-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class 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
- 26 Aug 2016
- Friday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Rover 75
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61481, longitude -0.12768, in the N11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Southgate, Enfield, N11 1SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601YE80628
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1452
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Enfield, 13 February 2003
At the same spotRef 200301YE00159
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1110 in Enfield, 14 February 1999
At the same spotRef 199901YE00126
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A406 in Enfield, 18 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198401YE00366
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B1452 in Enfield, 20 May 2016
At the same spotRef 201601YE80410
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A406 in Enfield, 8 March 2007
At the same spotRef 200701YE80192
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1110 in Enfield, 20 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199701YE00463
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Rover 75
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201601YE80628 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.