A406 crash in Barnet on 17 November 2020 at 13:30 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle
A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a Peugeot Boxer van were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barnet at 13:30 on Tuesday 17 November 2020. The 50-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2020
- Tuesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio Vespa and Peugeot Boxer
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58977, longitude -0.1981, in the N3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Finchley Church End, Barnet, N3 3DY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010279816
- Council area
- Barnet
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A406 in Barnet, 30 December 2020
1 m awayRef 2020010287057
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A406 in Barnet, 11 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010609286
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A406 in Barnet, 9 November 2022
4 m awayRef 2022010409554
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A406 in Barnet, 7 November 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010542257
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Barnet, 30 June 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010SG0358
Slight
Ford crash on the A406 in Barnet, 25 March 2010
8 m awayRef 201001SX20308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 278 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)
- 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 2020010279816 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 2020.