A12 crash in Waltham Forest on 30 October 2002 at 17:25 involving a Honda ST1100 motorcycle
A Honda ST1100 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest at 17:25 on Wednesday 30 October 2002. The 34-year-old male rider of the Honda ST1100 motorcycle 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
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2002
- Wednesday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda ST1100 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57107, longitude 0.01022, in the E11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leytonstone, Waltham Forest, E11 1RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201JC00749
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- 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
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 26 September 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 26 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200401JC00657
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 13 June 2011
14 m awayRef 201101JC30244
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 11 November 2010
14 m awayRef 201001JI40767
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 19 December 2023
17 m awayRef 2023010485050
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Waltham Forest, 23 October 1983
20 m awayRef 1983010JL0482
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 31 May 2023
21 m awayRef 2023010446274
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda ST1100
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,084 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda ST1100)
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 200201JC00749 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 2002.