B160 crash in Waltham Forest on 15 December 2012 at 13:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A taxi and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B160 in Waltham Forest at 13:15 on Saturday 15 December 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of the taxi was 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
- 15 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60563, longitude -0.00198, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hale End & Highams Park South, Waltham Forest, E4 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201JC30607
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 160
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the B160 in Waltham Forest, 25 August 1985
10 m awayRef 198501JC00439
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the B160 in Waltham Forest, 31 July 2002
14 m awayRef 200201JC00484
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B160 in Waltham Forest, 26 September 2002
14 m awayRef 200201JC00622
Slight
Bus crash on the B160 in Waltham Forest, 8 September 1986
14 m awayRef 198601JC00526
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B160 in Waltham Forest, 9 September 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010JC0554
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest, 6 April 2019
16 m awayRef 2019010173692
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
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 201201JC30607 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.