A12 crash in Waltham Forest on 27 January 2018 at 05:20 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Mini Clubman were involved in a crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest at 05:20 on Saturday 27 January 2018. The 33-year-old male driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2018
- Saturday, 05:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Mini Clubman
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57278, longitude 0.01347, in the E11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leytonstone, Waltham Forest, E11 1RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010086109
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 serious injury crash on 19 March 2006.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 19 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200601TC00093
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 25 December 2015
10 m awayRef 201501JC30827
Slight
Jaguar Sovereign crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 2 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200401JC00070
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest, 27 February 2002
14 m awayRef 200201JC00126
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 27 October 2022
16 m awayRef 2022010406860
Slight
Mercedes Gle Class crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 25 January 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010555898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Clubman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- 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 2018010086109 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 2018.