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A406 crash in Redbridge on 6 October 1997 at 18:55 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 18:55 on Monday 6 October 1997. The 28-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 1997
Monday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58464, longitude 0.0398, in the E11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701JB00798
Council area
Redbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
406
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199701JB00798 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 1997.