B137 crash in Enfield on 7 July 2017 at 19:20 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi and a Mercedes B Class were involved in a crash on the B137 in Enfield at 19:20 on Friday 7 July 2017. A 38-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes B Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2017
- Friday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Mercedes B Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62096, longitude -0.04941, in the N9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Edmonton Green, Enfield, N18 2ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010047257
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 137
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B137 in Enfield, 28 November 2019
8 m awayRef 2019010221435
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B137 in Enfield, 28 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199801YE00363
Slight
Car crash on the B137 in Enfield, 26 October 1984
10 m awayRef 198401YE00589
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B137 in Enfield, 26 December 1996
14 m awayRef 199601YE00787
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B137 in Enfield, 7 June 2011
20 m awayRef 201101YE80369
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the B137 in Enfield, 29 July 2003
20 m awayRef 200301YE00400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B 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 2017010047257 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.