A406 crash in Redbridge on 20 December 2016 at 18:55 involving a Dacia Sandero
A Dacia Sandero and a Mercedes SL Class were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 18:55 on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The 44-year-old female driver of the Dacia Sandero was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Sandero and Mercedes SL Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57869, longitude 0.04259, in the IG4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayhall, Redbridge, IG4 5DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010008026
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2006.
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Ford Fiesta crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 30 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200601JI40229
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Nissan Qashqai crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 6 March 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010295552
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Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 9 June 2008
10 m awayRef 200801JI73563
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Volvo 940 crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 18 September 2010
10 m awayRef 201001JI40589
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Toyota Yaris crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 23 October 2010
10 m awayRef 201001JI40742
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Fiat Panda crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 10 June 2025
11 m awayRef 2025010579717
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Sandero
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes SL Class
Car
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 6,208 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Sandero)
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 2016010008026 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 2016.