A41 crash in Barnet on 17 June 2023 at 21:45 involving a Honda VFR 800 motorcycle
A Honda VFR 800 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A41 in Barnet at 21:45 on Saturday 17 June 2023. The 43-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR 800 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2023
- Saturday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda VFR 800 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59175, longitude -0.23467, in the NW4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnet. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colindale South, Barnet, NW9 6DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barnet
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010449773
- Council area
- Barnet
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1999.
Slight
Scania crash on the A41 in Barnet, 30 December 1999
7 m awayRef 199901SC09062
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A41 in Barnet, 25 March 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010171159
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A41 in Barnet, 6 July 2001
17 m awayRef 200101SX00836
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on the A41 in Barnet, 12 January 1996
20 m awayRef 199601SV00023
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A41 in Barnet, 2 March 2017
26 m awayRef 2017010022422
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in Barnet, 23 November 1983
28 m awayRef 1983010SW0684
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda VFR 800
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 782 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR 800)
- 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 2023010449773 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 2023.