A118 crash in Newham on 20 February 2017 at 23:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A118 in Newham at 23:15 on Monday 20 February 2017. The 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was 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
- 20 Feb 2017
- Monday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55361, longitude 0.05575, in the E12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Manor Park, Newham, E12 6DX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010019748
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 118
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 8 June 2018.
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the A118 in Newham, 8 June 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010113104
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A118 in Newham, 30 November 2014
At the same spotRef 201401KF60843
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A118 in Newham, 23 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601KF00581
Slight
Piaggio crash on the A118 in Newham, 28 May 2001
At the same spotRef 200101KO00564
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A118 in Newham, 2 April 1996
At the same spotRef 199601KF00154
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A118 in Newham, 22 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198401KW00669
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017010019748 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2017.