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Fatal B194 crash in Harlow on 3 July 2016 at 03:40 involving a Mercedes Gla Class

A Mercedes Gla Class and a car were involved in a crash on the B194 in Harlow at 03:40 on Sunday 3 July 2016. The 33-year-old male driver of the car was killed and the 28-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Gla Class was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Jul 2016
Sunday, 03:40
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Gla Class and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71208, longitude 0.00954, in the EN9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Harlow

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420082610
Council area
Harlow
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
194
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gla Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    33 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Gla Class)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2016420082610 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harlow road accident statistics for 2016.