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A406 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 19 June 1997 at 08:50 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barking and Dagenham at 08:50 on Thursday 19 June 1997. The 29-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jun 1997
Thursday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53718, longitude 0.06926, in the IG11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barking and Dagenham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701KO00263
Council area
Barking and Dagenham
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
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
124

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

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 199701KO00263 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barking and Dagenham road accident statistics for 1997.