A406 crash in Newham on 21 November 2016 at 09:20 involving a Renault Trucks lorry
Five vehicles, including a Renault Trucks lorry and an Audi A6, were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 09:20 on Monday 21 November 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Audi A6 and the 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2016
- Monday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 5
- Renault Trucks and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54337, longitude 0.0674, in the IG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loxford, Redbridge, IG1 2JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010002572
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1989.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 24 October 1989
20 m awayRef 198901KG00699
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A406 in Newham, 12 January 2020
20 m awayRef 2020010229903
Serious
Fiat Regata crash on the A406 in Newham, 8 November 1996
22 m awayRef 199601KG00755
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A406 in Newham, 2 October 1998
22 m awayRef 199801KG09045
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Newham, 1 February 2009
22 m awayRef 200901KG70006
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A406 in Newham, 9 September 2021
23 m awayRef 2021010330136
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,764 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 5: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A6)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016010002572 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2016.