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Serious A112 crash in Newham on 28 December 2003 at 13:26 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A112 in Newham at 13:26 on Sunday 28 December 2003. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 2003
Sunday, 13:26
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51745, longitude 0.03236, in the E13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow South, Newham, E13 8PL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301KO00961
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
112
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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200301KO00961 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2003.