Serious B177 crash in Redbridge on 27 August 2005 at 02:40 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B177 in Redbridge at 02:40 on Saturday 27 August 2005. The female driver of the Ford Focus was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Aug 2005
- Saturday, 02:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55595, longitude 0.10794, in the IG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mayfield, Redbridge, IG3 9HS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501JI40632
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 177
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2020.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 12 April 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010244978
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 24 May 2015
10 m awayRef 201501JI40362
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 28 October 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010606112
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 20 August 2002
20 m awayRef 200201JI00711
Slight
Car crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 17 May 1986
22 m awayRef 198601JI00264
Slight
Car crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 18 May 1984
22 m awayRef 198401JI00312
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 200501JI40632 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2005.