Serious B102 crash in Hackney on 4 December 2017 at 23:55 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a car were involved in a crash on the B102 in Hackney at 23:55 on Monday 4 December 2017. The 52-year-old male driver of the Mercedes S Class was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Dec 2017
- Monday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5408, longitude -0.08543, in the N1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the De Beauvoir, Hackney, N1 5TP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010075342
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 102
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 2020.
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the B102 in Islington, 1 March 2020
8 m awayRef 2020010239381
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the B102 in Hackney, 17 March 2023
13 m awayRef 2023010432961
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B102 in Hackney, 31 August 1988
14 m awayRef 198801GH00471
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B102 in Hackney, 9 August 1983
14 m awayRef 1983010GH0442
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B102 in Hackney, 20 November 2018
14 m awayRef 2018010147142
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B102 in Hackney, 4 July 2007
14 m awayRef 200701GD64842
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes S Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010075342 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2017.