A406 crash in Waltham Forest on 27 September 2012 at 07:04 involving a Mercedes CLC Class
Four vehicles, including a Mercedes CLC Class and an MCC Smart, were involved in a crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest at 07:04 on Thursday 27 September 2012. The 36-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz and the 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2012
- Thursday, 07:04
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mercedes CLC Class and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60679, longitude -0.02836, in the E4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley, Waltham Forest, E4 8QB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201JC30477
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2021.
Slight
Lexus IS 300 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 4 December 2021
6 m awayRef 2021010347923
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 24 January 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010159326
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 1 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010612855
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 29 October 2008
10 m awayRef 200801JC75624
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 14 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200701JC30198
Serious
Audi A5 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 9 August 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010052759
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLC Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: MCC Smart
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Jazz)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201201JC30477 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.