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A13 crash in Havering on 8 February 1998 at 06:27 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Metrocab Metrocab were involved in a crash on the A13 in Havering at 06:27 on Sunday 8 February 1998. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Feb 1998
Sunday, 06:27
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50708, longitude 0.22497, in the RM13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801KD00122
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199801KD00122 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 1998.