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A118 crash in Newham on 20 October 1992 at 11:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Vauxhall Chevette were involved in a crash on the A118 in Newham at 11:45 on Tuesday 20 October 1992. The 28-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was 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
Slight
Date
20 Oct 1992
Tuesday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Vauxhall Chevette
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54855, longitude 0.04151, in the E7 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
199201KF00518
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
118
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 17 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 199201KF00518 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 1992.