A406 crash in Enfield on 7 February 2022 at 18:40 involving a Wrightbus Streetlite
A Wrightbus Streetlite and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on the A406 in Enfield at 18:40 on Monday 7 February 2022. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Wrightbus Streetlite was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 2022
- Monday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Wrightbus Streetlite and Volkswagen Sharan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61123, longitude -0.13611, 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
- 2022010359147
- 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
- 109
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1999.
Slight
Triumph crash on the A406 in Enfield, 10 July 1999
3 m awayRef 199901YE00419
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A109 in Enfield, 27 December 2012
3 m awayRef 201201YE80864
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A109 in Enfield, 22 October 2005
3 m awayRef 200501SX20910
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A406 in Enfield, 30 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010612633
Slight
Car crash on the A109 in Enfield, 10 November 2004
11 m awayRef 200401YE80027
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A406 in Enfield, 4 September 2003
12 m awayRef 200301YE00473
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetlite
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetlite)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022010359147 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 2022.