A12 crash in Waltham Forest on 3 November 2017 at 05:30 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest at 05:30 on Friday 3 November 2017. The 35-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Defender, a 3-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender and a 2-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2017
- Friday, 05:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Defender and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55533, longitude -0.00764, in the E10 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 4JE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010072667
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 11 February 2019
32 m awayRef 2019010162724
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 27 December 2024
36 m awayRef 2024010551187
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 15 October 2025
42 m awayRef 2025010603841
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 24 February 2004
58 m awayRef 200401TC00218
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 21 January 2006
58 m awayRef 200601JC30020
Serious
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 26 April 2005
67 m awayRef 200501JC30270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2017010072667 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.