A406 crash in Redbridge on 27 August 2017 at 11:28 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 11:28 on Sunday 27 August 2017. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and the 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra 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
- 27 Aug 2017
- Sunday, 11:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58437, longitude 0.04011, in the IG4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayhall, Redbridge, IG4 5PP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010056164
- Council area
- Redbridge
- 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
- Rural
- 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 18 November 2002.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 18 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200201JI00989
Slight
Kia Venga crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 30 October 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010606511
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 3 September 1985
22 m awayRef 198501JB00508
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 28 May 2005
22 m awayRef 200501JI40353
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 20 May 1991
22 m awayRef 199101JI00270
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 15 October 1995
22 m awayRef 199501JB00405
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2017010056164 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2017.