C road crash in Hackney N16 on 14 December 2017 at 14:35 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Ford Fusion were involved in a crash on a C road in Hackney at 14:35 on Thursday 14 December 2017. The 70-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Ford Fusion
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55473, longitude -0.0684, in the N16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hackney Downs, Hackney, E5 8LF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010077965
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 7 August 2001.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on a C road in Hackney, 7 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200101GD00813
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Hackney, 23 February 1986
At the same spotRef 198601GN00085
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Hackney, 14 June 2007
At the same spotRef 200701GD63272
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on a C road in Hackney, 8 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200501GD10207
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in Hackney, 4 March 1993
At the same spotRef 199301GN00105
Slight
Audi A4 crash on a C road in Hackney, 4 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010601712
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- 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 2017010077965 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2017.