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A12 crash in Redbridge on 23 December 1999 at 18:00 involving a Ford Escort

Four vehicles, including a van and a Ford Escort, were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 18:00 on Thursday 23 December 1999. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1999
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
4
Ford Escort and 3 others
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58231, longitude 0.11753, in the RM6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199901JB00935
Council area
Redbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 26 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 4: Toyota Camry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)

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 199901JB00935 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 1999.