A12 crash in Waltham Forest on 26 August 2017 at 13:23 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest at 13:23 on Saturday 26 August 2017. The 31-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and the 27-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2017
- Saturday, 13:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Kawasaki ZX636
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57226, longitude 0.012, in the E11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leytonstone, Waltham Forest, E11 1RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010056092
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- 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
- 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 10 September 2010.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 10 September 2010
At the same spotRef 201001JC30482
Serious
Car crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 5 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010613717
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 21 January 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010084873
Slight
Mercedes Eqa Class crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 19 March 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010564854
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 23 January 2015
22 m awayRef 201501JC30038
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest, 24 March 1994
22 m awayRef 199401JL00119
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX636
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 636 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX636)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017010056092 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.