A406 crash in Waltham Forest on 9 June 2017 at 23:21 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Mazda 6 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest at 23:21 on Friday 9 June 2017. The 23-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2017
- Friday, 23:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Mazda 6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60031, longitude -0.00322, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hale End & Highams Park South, Waltham Forest, E4 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010042199
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2022.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 2 June 2022
8 m awayRef 2022010380046
Fatal
Car crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 5 September 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010JC0541
Serious
Honda crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 20 January 1997
10 m awayRef 199701JC00038
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 2 August 2025
11 m awayRef 2025010589990
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 25 June 2005
14 m awayRef 200501TC00259
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 16 August 2020
16 m awayRef 2020010262376
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E 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 2017010042199 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.