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B137 crash in Enfield on 28 December 2022 at 02:20 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the B137 in Enfield at 02:20 on Wednesday 28 December 2022. The 19-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 2022
Wednesday, 02:20
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61553, longitude -0.05178, in the N18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Edmonton, Enfield, N18 2FG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010418587
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
137
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 2022010418587 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.