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Serious C road crash in Havering RM1 on 14 October 2001 at 23:40 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Havering at 23:40 on Sunday 14 October 2001. The 19-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Oct 2001
Sunday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Dennis
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57772, longitude 0.18631, in the RM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Edward's, Havering, RM1 1RX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101KD00830
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200101KD00830 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 2001.