A406 crash in Waltham Forest on 31 December 2005 at 11:15 involving a Ford Galaxy
A car and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest at 11:15 on Saturday 31 December 2005. The 59-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2005
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6004, longitude -0.00654, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hale End & Highams Park South, Waltham Forest, E4 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501JC30899
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 13 September 1988
14 m awayRef 198801JC00461
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 30 October 1988
14 m awayRef 198801JC00550
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 9 August 2020
18 m awayRef 2020010261209
Slight
Lorry crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 30 March 1984
22 m awayRef 198401JC00206
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on a C road in Waltham Forest, 19 April 2016
22 m awayRef 201601JC30211
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 27 May 2004
22 m awayRef 200401TC00498
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 200501JC30899 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.