B1459 crash in Havering on 17 January 2016 at 16:40 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mercedes CL Class were involved in a crash on the B1459 in Havering at 16:40 on Sunday 17 January 2016. The 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2016
- Sunday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mercedes CL Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60019, longitude 0.16746, in the RM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mawneys, Havering, RM5 2AJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601KD50014
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1459
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1997.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B1459 in Havering, 15 July 1997
At the same spotRef 199701KD00600
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the B1459 in Havering, 16 December 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010484324
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1459 in Havering, 12 February 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010360059
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B1459 in Havering, 9 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200201KD00543
Slight
Honda crash on the B1459 in Havering, 7 May 2013
10 m awayRef 201301KD50204
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B1459 in Havering, 29 May 2015
10 m awayRef 201501KD50350
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes CL Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 5,439 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201601KD50014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 2016.