B161 crash in Waltham Forest on 30 October 2017 at 11:43 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a car were involved in a crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest at 11:43 on Monday 30 October 2017. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2017
- Monday, 11:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55873, longitude 0.00953, in the E11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cann Hall, Waltham Forest, E11 3EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010067160
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 161
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 serious injury crash on 25 January 1998.
Serious
Car crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest, 25 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199801JL00027
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest, 27 October 2012
At the same spotRef 201201JC30516
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest, 26 October 2022
6 m awayRef 2022010406881
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest, 4 June 2013
10 m awayRef 201301JC30264
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest, 15 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200401JC00422
Slight
Van crash on the B161 in Waltham Forest, 10 February 1989
10 m awayRef 198901JL00070
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2017010067160 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.