A503 crash in Haringey on 1 October 2017 at 17:45 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on the A503 in Haringey at 17:45 on Sunday 1 October 2017. The 47-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2017
- Sunday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57957, longitude -0.08048, in the N15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haringey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seven Sisters, Haringey, N15 6PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Haringey
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010063718
- Council area
- Haringey
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- 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
- 152
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 2013.
Serious
Citroen Relay crash on the A503 in Haringey, 24 June 2013
At the same spotRef 201301YR90442
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A503 in Haringey, 22 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701YT00448
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A503 in Haringey, 7 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199801YT00557
Serious
Volvo crash on the A503 in Haringey, 19 May 2010
At the same spotRef 201001YR90322
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the B152 in Haringey, 18 April 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010570307
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Haringey, 13 November 1988
10 m awayRef 198801YT00541
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017010063718 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Haringey road accident statistics for 2017.