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Serious A12 crash in Havering on 21 December 2003 at 13:10 involving a Volkswagen Bora

A Volkswagen Bora and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 13:10 on Sunday 21 December 2003. The 31-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Bora was seriously injured and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Bora and a 34-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Bora were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2003
Sunday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Bora and Peugeot 206
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60727, longitude 0.25936, in the RM3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harold Wood, Havering, RM3 0AN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301TC00826
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Bora)

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 200301TC00826 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 2003.