Serious A118 crash in Redbridge on 12 September 2017 at 11:50 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a BMW 3 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A118 in Redbridge at 11:50 on Tuesday 12 September 2017. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was seriously injured and a 4-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Sep 2017
- Tuesday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55588, longitude 0.06437, in the E12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ilford Town, Redbridge, IG1 2ZD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010058525
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 118
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 406
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1999.
Slight
Kia Mentor crash on the A118 in Redbridge, 19 November 1999
10 m awayRef 199901JI00691
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A118 in Newham, 20 March 1995
10 m awayRef 199501KF00117
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A118 in Newham, 24 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200501KF60905
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A118 in Newham, 24 December 2013
10 m awayRef 201301KF60764
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A118 in Redbridge, 11 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200401JC30076
Serious
Honda crash on the A118 in Newham, 15 December 1997
14 m awayRef 199701KF00567
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017010058525 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.