A1400 crash in Redbridge on 4 September 2016 at 00:39 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A1400 in Redbridge at 00:39 on Sunday 4 September 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2016
- Sunday, 00:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59029, longitude 0.04802, 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
- 2016010019544
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1995.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 2 September 1995
At the same spotRef 199501JB00338
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 10 March 2014
14 m awayRef 201401JI40183
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 22 June 2004
14 m awayRef 200401JI00412
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 13 May 2023
17 m awayRef 2023010442811
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 16 January 2002
20 m awayRef 200201JI00044
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1400 in Redbridge, 9 September 1996
20 m awayRef 199601JB00342
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2016010019544 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.