Unclassified road crash in Newham E20 on 1 May 2017 at 16:39 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a Mercedes B Class and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 16:39 on Monday 1 May 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2017
- Monday, 16:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54075, longitude -0.00684, in the E20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stratford Olympic Park, Newham, E20 1EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010034930
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2013.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 15 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201301KF60615
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 18 February 2018
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Slight
Honda Insight crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 31 January 2025
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Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 27 January 2019
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Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 10 September 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010018210
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 1 November 2023
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes B Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes B Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Jazz)
- 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 2017010034930 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.