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Unclassified road crash in Waltham Forest E4 on 17 May 2017 at 17:30 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest at 17:30 on Wednesday 17 May 2017. The 21-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2017
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62724, longitude 0.00981, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatch Lane & Highams Park North, Waltham Forest, E4 6JL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010040635
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
A
Second road number
110

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 4 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017010040635 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.