Serious A11 crash in Redbridge on 21 October 2017 at 03:05 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a BMW 3 Series taxi were involved in a crash on the A11 in Redbridge at 03:05 on Saturday 21 October 2017. The 45-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series taxi was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Oct 2017
- Saturday, 03:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58309, longitude 0.02013, in the E11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wanstead Village, Redbridge, E11 2AQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010065760
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1007
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2013.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A11 in Redbridge, 29 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201301JI40219
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A11 in Redbridge, 8 August 2014
At the same spotRef 201401JI40638
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A1007 in Redbridge, 13 December 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010156220
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the A11 in Redbridge, 7 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200301JI00295
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A1199 in Redbridge, 20 September 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010400296
Slight
Car crash on the A1007 in Redbridge, 7 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200601JI40125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 45, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010065760 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.