A406 crash in Barnet on 22 December 2017 at 01:08 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barnet at 01:08 on Friday 22 December 2017. A 38-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and a 15-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2017
- Friday, 01:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57697, longitude -0.21813, in the NW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Hendon, Barnet, NW4 3AY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010079633
- Council area
- Barnet
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 3 April 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Barnet, 3 April 1986
At the same spotRef 198601SW00213
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A406 in Barnet, 13 October 2006
At the same spotRef 200601TB00235
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A41 in Barnet, 28 November 2000
At the same spotRef 200001SX01691
Slight
Proton Persona crash on the A406 in Barnet, 25 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TB00038
Slight
Honda MSX125 crash on the A41 in Barnet, 7 October 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010273692
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A41 in Barnet, 21 October 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010281912
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017010079633 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barnet road accident statistics for 2017.