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Serious unclassified road crash in Waltham Forest E17 on 18 December 2001 at 16:40 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest at 16:40 on Tuesday 18 December 2001. The 54-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 2001
Tuesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59538, longitude 0.00335, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, E17 4AH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101JC00968
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200101JC00968 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 2001.