A104 crash in Waltham Forest on 21 December 2015 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest at 16:40 on Monday 21 December 2015. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2015
- Monday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57183, longitude -0.02095, in the E10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forest, Waltham Forest, E10 5AP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501JC30810
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 104
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 104
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 1996.
Slight
Honda crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 12 October 1996
At the same spotRef 199601JL00416
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 12 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199701JL00307
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 30 March 2010
At the same spotRef 201001JC30201
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on a C road in Waltham Forest, 17 October 2005
At the same spotRef 200501JC30690
Slight
BMW crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 10 December 2015
At the same spotRef 201501JC30793
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 3 June 2013
At the same spotRef 201301JC30233
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 22, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201501JC30810 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 2015.