A104 crash in Waltham Forest on 6 May 2016 at 16:23 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a car were involved in a crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest at 16:23 on Friday 6 May 2016. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy and an 8-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2016
- Friday, 16:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57985, longitude -0.00354, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wood Street, Waltham Forest, E17 3NB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601JC30266
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1998.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 5 April 1998
At the same spotRef 199801JL00131
Slight
Car crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 18 August 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010JL0351
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 24 February 2001
At the same spotRef 200101JC00134
Slight
Car crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 18 June 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010JL0265
Slight
Car crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 13 November 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010JL0499
Slight
Scooter crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 19 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010JL0307
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201601JC30266 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 2016.