A406 crash in Enfield on 23 December 2019 at 04:59 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 04:59 on Monday 23 December 2019. A 55-year-old female passenger in the Ford Kuga was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2019
- Monday, 04:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61472, longitude -0.12792, in the N11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Southgate, Enfield, N11 1SJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226788
- Council area
- Enfield
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 406
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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 1990.
Slight
Toyota Tercel crash on the A406 in Enfield, 19 August 1990
8 m awayRef 199001YE00521
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Enfield, 14 March 2024
14 m awayRef 2024010499767
Serious
BMW i4 crash on the B1452 in Enfield, 23 September 2025
15 m awayRef 2025010599423
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Enfield, 3 October 1985
16 m awayRef 198501YE00561
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A406 in Enfield, 10 September 2013
16 m awayRef 201301YE80548
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A406 in Enfield, 26 January 1999
16 m awayRef 199901YE00071
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019010226788 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 2019.