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B173 crash in Redbridge on 27 December 2003 at 23:35 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B173 in Redbridge at 23:35 on Saturday 27 December 2003. The 43-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2003
Saturday, 23:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60642, longitude 0.0564, in the IG8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridge, Redbridge, IG8 8BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301JI00988
Council area
Redbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
173
Road type
Single carriageway
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 200301JI00988 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 2003.