A13 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 7 May 2004 at 16:30 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham at 16:30 on Friday 7 May 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2004
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53126, longitude 0.13549, in the IG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barking and Dagenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goresbrook, Barking and Dagenham, RM9 6NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Barking and Dagenham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401TC00407
- Council area
- Barking and Dagenham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2018.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 22 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010147316
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 18 January 2016
At the same spotRef 201601KG70018
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 1 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200301KG00572
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 12 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200801KG69860
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 30 November 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010222034
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham, 23 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010617144
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200401TC00407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barking and Dagenham road accident statistics for 2004.