A112 crash in Waltham Forest on 25 December 2015 at 19:04 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest at 19:04 on Friday 25 December 2015. The 23-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and a 31-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes E Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2015
- Friday, 19:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55856, longitude -0.0071, in the E10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cann Hall, Waltham Forest, E11 4JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501JC30825
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 106
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1994.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A106 in Waltham Forest, 4 March 1994
At the same spotRef 199401JL00102
Slight
Dennis crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest, 12 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199901JC00399
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest, 9 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200801JC69588
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest, 30 August 2008
At the same spotRef 200801JC74378
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest, 11 November 1985
At the same spotRef 198501JL00512
Slight
Scania crash on the A112 in Waltham Forest, 23 February 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010092221
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 51 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E 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 201501JC30825 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.