B179 crash in Waltham Forest on 31 May 2017 at 15:25 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A bicycle and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B179 in Waltham Forest at 15:25 on Wednesday 31 May 2017. The 54-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2017
- Wednesday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59212, longitude -0.03996, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Higham Hill, Waltham Forest, E17 5RZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010040576
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 179
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 4 December 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010JC0783
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B179 in Waltham Forest, 4 June 1995
10 m awayRef 199501JC00218
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B179 in Waltham Forest, 12 October 1996
10 m awayRef 199601JC00440
Slight
Car crash on the B179 in Waltham Forest, 10 October 1983
14 m awayRef 1983010JC0561
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B179 in Waltham Forest, 16 June 2016
20 m awayRef 201601JC30409
Slight
Van crash on the B179 in Waltham Forest, 22 August 1989
30 m awayRef 198901JC00380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 54, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2017010040576 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 2017.