A12 crash in Havering on 11 April 2013 at 21:20 involving a Ford Focus
Six vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Zafira, were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 21:20 on Thursday 11 April 2013. The male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 2013
- Thursday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 6
- Ford Focus and 5 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58102, longitude 0.16366, in the RM7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Edward's, Havering, RM7 7JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301KD50182
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 March 1993.
Serious
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A12 in Havering, 23 March 1993
At the same spotRef 199301KD00217
Slight
Morris 440 crash on the A12 in Havering, 9 January 1993
10 m awayRef 199301KD00021
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A12 in Havering, 13 January 1991
10 m awayRef 199101KD00042
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Havering, 18 December 1989
10 m awayRef 198901KD01265
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Havering, 14 January 1999
10 m awayRef 199901KD00049
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Havering, 25 November 1984
14 m awayRef 198401KD01044
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 6: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 201301KD50182 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 2013.