A104 crash in Waltham Forest on 21 May 2005 at 23:00 involving a Toyota Celica
A car and a Toyota Celica were involved in a crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest at 23:00 on Saturday 21 May 2005. The 38-year-old male driver of the car and a 36-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2005
- Saturday, 23:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Toyota Celica
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58097, longitude -0.00089, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wood Street, Waltham Forest, E17 3NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501JC30316
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 104
- 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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2002.
Slight
Hyundai X2 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 17 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200201JC00100
Serious
BMW M5 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 12 September 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TA01544
Slight
Car crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 26 March 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010566021
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 12 August 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010263388
Serious
Yamaha NXC 125 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 21 August 2020
5 m awayRef 2020010263361
Slight
Bedford Astra crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 2 October 1990
10 m awayRef 199001JL00445
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,990 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 200501JC30316 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 2005.