A1400 crash in Redbridge on 21 May 2015 at 15:51 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A1400 in Redbridge at 15:51 on Thursday 21 May 2015. The 37-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 37-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2015
- Thursday, 15:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58969, longitude 0.04927, in the IG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayhall, Redbridge, IG5 0DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501JI40358
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1400
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1994.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 17 December 1994
At the same spotRef 199401JB00463
Serious
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 3 July 1997
10 m awayRef 199701JB00559
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 1 October 2022
10 m awayRef 2022010402164
Serious
Car crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 28 May 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010JB0343
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 14 February 2016
22 m awayRef 201601JI40138
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 20 November 1985
32 m awayRef 198501JB00708
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
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 201501JI40358 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2015.