A406 crash in Enfield on 15 February 2017 at 17:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 17:30 on Wednesday 15 February 2017. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2017
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61457, longitude -0.06529, in the N18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Edmonton, Enfield, N18 2TL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010018888
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 1997.
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 10 October 1997
At the same spotRef 199701YE00636
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in Enfield, 22 March 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010433562
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Enfield, 24 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198601YE00769
Slight
Scania crash on the A406 in Enfield, 27 February 1998
10 m awayRef 199801YE00148
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A406 in Enfield, 20 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200001YE00762
Slight
Bus crash on the A406 in Enfield, 31 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198701YE00418
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- 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 2017010018888 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 2017.