A406 crash in Enfield on 29 July 2016 at 20:23 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 20:23 on Friday 29 July 2016. The 34-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 2016
- Friday, 20:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6162, longitude -0.08573, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601YE80648
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2007.
Slight
Hyundai Trajet crash on the A406 in Enfield, 6 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200701YE80012
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A406 in Enfield, 16 April 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010569778
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 10 October 2010
10 m awayRef 201001TA00279
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 6 July 2013
10 m awayRef 201301YE80422
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A406 in Enfield, 19 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201101YE80259
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A406 in Enfield, 20 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199501YE00742
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, 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 201601YE80648 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.