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Serious A112 crash in Waltham Forest on 24 September 1987 at 16:04 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest at 16:04 on Thursday 24 September 1987. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 26-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 15-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 1987
Thursday, 16:04
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60143, longitude -0.01648, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198701JC00535
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
112
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198701JC00535 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 1987.