A104 crash in Hackney on 31 December 2016 at 20:00 involving a Lexus IS300
A Lexus IS300 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A104 in Hackney at 20:00 on Saturday 31 December 2016. The 39-year-old male driver of the Lexus IS300 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexus IS300 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55244, longitude -0.05812, in the E5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Homerton, Hackney, E9 6EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010012726
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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 11 February 1993.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A104 in Hackney, 11 February 1993
At the same spotRef 199301GN00069
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A104 in Hackney, 30 June 2012
At the same spotRef 201201GD10404
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A104 in Hackney, 21 January 1994
At the same spotRef 199401GD00045
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A104 in Hackney, 30 March 1997
At the same spotRef 199701GN00135
Serious
Car crash on the A104 in Hackney, 11 November 2003
At the same spotRef 200301GD01003
Serious
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A104 in Hackney, 21 December 1992
10 m awayRef 199201GH00711
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexus IS300
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS300)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016010012726 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2016.