Fatal A406 crash in Redbridge on 22 November 2003 at 08:45 involving a Nissan Micra
Four vehicles, including a Nissan Micra and a Mitsubishi Galant, were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 08:45 on Saturday 22 November 2003. The 29-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra was killed and the 29-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Galant was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 22 Nov 2003
- Saturday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Nissan Micra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55959, longitude 0.06021, in the IG1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Ilford, Newham, E12 5LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301TC00715
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2004.
Slight
Porsche Boxster crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 11 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200401JI40034
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 1 April 1989
10 m awayRef 198901JI00179
Slight
MG HS crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 6 December 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010613904
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 26 June 2015
14 m awayRef 201501JI40427
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 3 May 2005
20 m awayRef 200501JI40251
Slight
BMW M4 crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 13 October 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010603342
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,234 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Galant
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 4: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Galant)
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 200301TC00715 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.