Unclassified road crash in Redbridge IG7 on 22 April 2017 at 23:55 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Ssangyong Tivoli were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge at 23:55 on Saturday 22 April 2017. The 51-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class 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
- 22 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Ssangyong Tivoli
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61227, longitude 0.09986, in the IG7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hainault, Redbridge, IG7 4EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010033397
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1991.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 24 September 1991
28 m awayRef 199101JD00359
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 30 August 2002
32 m awayRef 200201JI00740
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 14 June 1992
58 m awayRef 199201JD00202
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 11 March 1989
71 m awayRef 19894200G0219
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 21 March 2022
74 m awayRef 2022010366541
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 25 March 2004
81 m awayRef 200401JI00208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ssangyong Tivoli
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017010033397 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 2017.