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Serious A406 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 8 April 1998 at 16:30 involving a Ford van

A Ford van, a Ford Orion and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A406 in Barking and Dagenham at 16:30 on Wednesday 8 April 1998. The female driver of the Austin Maestro and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Austin Maestro were seriously injured and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
3
Ford and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53693, longitude 0.06824, in the E6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Barking and Dagenham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801KO00174
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Maestro)

    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 199801KO00174 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 1998.