A406 crash in Waltham Forest on 26 November 2017 at 18:25 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307, a Toyota Avensis and a car were involved in a crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest at 18:25 on Sunday 26 November 2017. A 70-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 307, a 56-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis 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
- 26 Nov 2017
- Sunday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 307 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60024, longitude -0.00424, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hale End & Highams Park South, Waltham Forest, E4 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010072948
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 24 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199801JC00454
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 3 November 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010143195
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 9 November 2019
11 m awayRef 2019010217292
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 22 August 2025
13 m awayRef 2025010593404
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 10 July 2001
22 m awayRef 200101JC00500
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 31 January 2017
28 m awayRef 2017010015370
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2017010072948 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.