A406 crash in Enfield on 22 December 2020 at 19:15 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and an Audi Q3 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 19:15 on Tuesday 22 December 2020. The 30-year-old male driver of the Audi Q3 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2020
- Tuesday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Audi Q3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61252, longitude -0.11523, in the N13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Southgate, Enfield, N22 8QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010286233
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Enfield, 17 November 1987
3 m awayRef 198701YE00675
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 16 June 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010450007
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Enfield, 26 November 1990
8 m awayRef 199001YE00733
Serious
Honda crash on the A406 in Enfield, 2 January 1996
8 m awayRef 199601YE00002
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the A406 in Enfield, 20 January 1992
12 m awayRef 199201YE00043
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Enfield, 25 January 2004
12 m awayRef 200401YE00045
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q3)
- 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 2020010286233 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 2020.