B550 crash in Barnet on 7 December 2022 at 21:00 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B550 in Barnet at 21:00 on Wednesday 7 December 2022. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2022
- Wednesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60081, longitude -0.14787, in the N10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Friern Barnet, Barnet, N10 2LP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010415067
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 550
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 January 2013.
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B550 in Barnet, 6 January 2013
4 m awayRef 201301TA00081
Slight
Honda crash on the B550 in Barnet, 29 April 1997
4 m awayRef 199701SG00210
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B550 in Barnet, 28 February 1995
4 m awayRef 199501SG00124
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B550 in Barnet, 26 November 1998
4 m awayRef 199801SC02020
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B550 in Barnet, 26 May 1990
9 m awayRef 199001SG00277
Serious
Car crash on the B550 in Barnet, 14 October 1996
9 m awayRef 199601SG00505
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022010415067 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 2022.