A118 crash in Newham on 27 September 2008 at 14:31 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A118 in Newham at 14:31 on Saturday 27 September 2008. The 35-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera and a female passenger in the Nissan Almera were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2008
- Saturday, 14:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Volvo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54267, longitude 0.0094, in the E15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stratford, Newham, E15 4RU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801KF74792
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 118
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 164
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A118 in Newham, 28 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198601KW00653
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A118 in Newham, 20 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200501KF60118
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A118 in Newham, 20 January 2010
At the same spotRef 201001KF60054
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A118 in Newham, 8 October 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010336259
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A118 in Newham, 5 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010579607
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A118 in Newham, 18 March 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010432885
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Engine capacity
- 12,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 200801KF74792 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 2008.