Serious A117 crash in Newham on 18 December 1994 at 14:45 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the A117 in Newham at 14:45 on Sunday 18 December 1994. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Dec 1994
- Sunday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Carlton
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51892, longitude 0.05964, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199401KO00538
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 117
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2008.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 21 January 2008
At the same spotRef 200801KF69313
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the A117 in Newham, 10 May 2016
At the same spotRef 201601KF60365
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A117 in Newham, 30 January 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010290840
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A117 in Newham, 20 February 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010428328
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 24 June 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010316919
Fatal
E-scooter crash on the A117 in Newham, 5 May 2024
8 m awayRef 2024010508653
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199401KO00538 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 1994.