A12 crash in Redbridge on 18 December 2017 at 11:30 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Volkswagen Sharan taxi were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 11:30 on Monday 18 December 2017. The 49-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 and the 47-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2017
- Monday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Volkswagen Sharan
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57801, longitude 0.09986, in the IG3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newbury, Redbridge, IG2 7HH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010078923
- Council area
- Redbridge
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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 26 April 1991.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 26 April 1991
At the same spotRef 199101JI00200
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 10 August 1991
At the same spotRef 199101JI00421
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 25 July 1991
At the same spotRef 199101JI00391
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 17 February 1990
At the same spotRef 199001JI00091
Serious
Car crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 3 February 1987
At the same spotRef 198701JI00043
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 24 January 1992
At the same spotRef 199201JI00055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017010078923 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.