Unclassified road crash in Newham E7 on 28 April 2006 at 18:40 involving a Mercedes bus
A Mercedes bus and a Vauxhall Frontera were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 18:40 on Friday 28 April 2006. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2006
- Friday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Vauxhall Frontera
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54629, longitude 0.02355, in the E7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Green Street West, Newham, E7 8BH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200601KF60303
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 118
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 1 August 2004.
Fatal
Nissan Serena crash on the A118 in Newham, 1 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200401TC00682
Slight
Van crash on the A118 in Newham, 8 April 1988
At the same spotRef 198801KW00160
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A118 in Newham, 13 February 1988
At the same spotRef 198801KW00072
Slight
Car crash on the A118 in Newham, 22 June 1988
At the same spotRef 198801KW00315
Slight
Car crash on the A118 in Newham, 8 July 1993
At the same spotRef 199301KF00344
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 21 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200301KO00435
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,370 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 200601KF60303 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.