A504 crash in Barnet on 31 December 2017 at 19:44 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Peugeot 508 were involved in a crash on the A504 in Barnet at 19:44 on Sunday 31 December 2017. The 46-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 508 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 19:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Peugeot 508
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5897, longitude -0.2211, in the NW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hendon, Barnet, NW4 4QL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010080958
- Council area
- Barnet
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 504
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 552
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A504 in Barnet, 17 November 1998
10 m awayRef 199801SC01950
Serious
Car crash on the A504 in Barnet, 13 May 2004
10 m awayRef 200401TB00213
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A504 in Barnet, 7 June 1993
10 m awayRef 199301SV00329
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A504 in Barnet, 21 August 2021
14 m awayRef 2021010325588
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A504 in Barnet, 24 November 2009
14 m awayRef 200901SX21187
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A504 in Barnet, 10 May 1998
14 m awayRef 199801SC01184
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 508
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 508)
- 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 2017010080958 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.