A503 crash in Waltham Forest on 4 January 2012 at 17:56 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a Toyota Avensis taxi were involved in a crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest at 17:56 on Wednesday 4 January 2012. The 35-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2012
- Wednesday, 17:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5927, longitude 0.00222, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, E17 4AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201JC30028
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2018.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 19 August 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010127822
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 25 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198701JC00722
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 10 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198801JC00296
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 17 April 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010570050
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 9 February 1984
14 m awayRef 198401JC00088
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest, 27 February 2004
14 m awayRef 200401JC00117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
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 201201JC30028 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 2012.