A503 crash in Waltham Forest on 5 May 2014 at 13:22 involving a BMW X3
A car, a BMW X3 and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest at 13:22 on Monday 5 May 2014. A 61-year-old female passenger in the BMW X3, a 45-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class and a 25-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were 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
- 5 May 2014
- Monday, 13:22
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW X3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59327, longitude 0.00542, in the E17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, E17 4AH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401JC30307
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1994.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 13 July 1994
14 m awayRef 199401JC00310
Slight
Honda crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 29 December 1993
20 m awayRef 199301JC00536
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 10 August 1994
20 m awayRef 199401JB00278
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 17 February 2007
20 m awayRef 200701JC30103
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 12 December 2007
20 m awayRef 200701JC68772
Slight
BMW crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 20 June 2001
20 m awayRef 200101JC00441
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201401JC30307 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 2014.