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A118 crash in Redbridge on 20 December 2017 at 18:50 involving a Mazda 6

A Mazda 6 and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A118 in Redbridge at 18:50 on Wednesday 20 December 2017. The 55-year-old male driver of the Mazda 6 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2017
Wednesday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Mazda 6 and Mercedes A Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55914, longitude 0.0788, in the IG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ilford Town, Redbridge, IG1 2ZD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010091107
Council area
Redbridge
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
118
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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 unlit
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 27 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2017010091107 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.