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A12 crash in Newham on 20 April 2005 at 18:10 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A12 in Newham at 18:10 on Wednesday 20 April 2005. The 34-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Apr 2005
Wednesday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and Fiat Punto
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55162, longitude -0.01502, in the E20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leyton, Waltham Forest, E10 5NL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200501KF60217
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    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
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

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 200501KF60217 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2005.