A406 crash in Newham on 15 April 2006 at 15:05 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 15:05 on Saturday 15 April 2006. The 59-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2006
- Saturday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Yamaha FZS 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52132, longitude 0.07304, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Ham South, Newham, E6 6HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200601KF60243
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- 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
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A406 in Newham, 19 November 1993
14 m awayRef 199301KO00569
Serious
BMW M5 crash on the A406 in Newham, 26 October 1994
14 m awayRef 199401KO00457
Serious
Yamaha GPD crash on the A406 in Newham, 6 October 2021
18 m awayRef 2021010336283
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Newham, 13 December 2025
20 m awayRef 2025010615184
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A406 in Newham, 19 November 2005
22 m awayRef 200501KF69063
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the A406 in Newham, 5 September 2025
29 m awayRef 2025010595685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 600)
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 200601KF60243 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 2006.