A1004 crash in Enfield on 2 October 2018 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Beetle
A Volkswagen Beetle and a Ford Galaxy taxi were involved in a crash on the A1004 in Enfield at 16:00 on Tuesday 2 October 2018. The 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Beetle and a male passenger in the Volkswagen Beetle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61961, longitude -0.1152, in the N13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arnos Grove, Enfield, N14 7EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010136401
- Council area
- Enfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1004
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 October 2001.
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 1 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200101YE00567
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 5 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501YE00699
Slight
Fiat Mirafiori crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 2 June 1991
10 m awayRef 199101YE00322
Slight
Wrightbus Gemini crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 5 January 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010010126
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 19 May 2004
10 m awayRef 200401YE00238
Serious
Car crash on the A1004 in Enfield, 8 March 1985
10 m awayRef 198501YE00136
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Taxi or private hire car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2018010136401 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 2018.