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A13 crash in Newham on 19 March 1990 at 20:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Datsun Sunny were involved in a crash on the A13 in Newham at 20:30 on Monday 19 March 1990. The 35-year-old female driver of the Datsun Sunny was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Mar 1990
Monday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Datsun Sunny
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5172, longitude 0.02886, in the E16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199001KO00121
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

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 199001KO00121 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 1990.