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Unclassified road crash in Waltham Forest E11 on 26 December 2017 at 21:55 involving a Vauxhall Insignia

A Vauxhall Insignia and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest at 21:55 on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 2017
Tuesday, 21:55
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Insignia and Mercedes E Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57987, longitude 0.00368, in the E11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, E11 1ST area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010101510
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown

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 serious injury crash on 2 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)

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 2017010101510 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.