A12 crash in Havering on 20 December 2003 at 18:30 involving a Ford Granada
A Ford Granada, a Ford Focus and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 18:30 on Saturday 20 December 2003. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2003
- Saturday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Granada and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59818, longitude 0.23191, in the RM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gooshays, Havering, RM3 9JP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301TC00835
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A12 in Havering, 17 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200301KD00424
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A12 in Havering, 21 February 2003
At the same spotRef 200301KD00161
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A12 in Havering, 29 January 2001
At the same spotRef 200101KD00104
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Havering, 21 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199801KD01014
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A12 in Havering, 29 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200001KD00553
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A12 in Havering, 17 December 2014
At the same spotRef 201401KD50646
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,933 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
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
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200301TC00835 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.