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B146 crash in Waltham Forest on 17 June 1998 at 19:30 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van and a Mitsubishi Space Wagon were involved in a crash on the B146 in Waltham Forest at 19:30 on Wednesday 17 June 1998. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes van, a 25-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes van and the 47-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Space Wagon were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jun 1998
Wednesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Mitsubishi Space Wagon
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62421, longitude 0.00821, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801JC00256
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
146
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Space Wagon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

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 199801JC00256 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 1998.