A104 crash in Redbridge on 5 August 1995 at 19:20 involving an MG Maestro
An MG Maestro and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on the A104 in Redbridge at 19:20 on Saturday 5 August 1995. The 60-year-old male driver of the MG Maestro and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Carbodies Taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 1995
- Saturday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG Maestro and Carbodies Taxi
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60747, longitude 0.01989, in the IG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199501JB00317
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 104
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1009
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 19 May 1992.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A104 in Redbridge, 19 May 1992
At the same spotRef 199201JD00169
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the A1009 in Redbridge, 10 April 1996
At the same spotRef 199601JB00161
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1009 in Redbridge, 2 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199501JB00118
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A104 in Redbridge, 4 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199901JB00820
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A1009 in Redbridge, 13 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010615438
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A104 in Redbridge, 3 February 2007
10 m awayRef 200701JI40060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Maestro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)
- 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 199501JB00317 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 1995.