A406 crash in Waltham Forest on 13 March 2018 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest at 19:00 on Tuesday 13 March 2018. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2018
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59924, longitude 0.0015, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hale End & Highams Park South, Waltham Forest, E4 9JN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010095984
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 406
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 slight injury crash on 21 December 1990.
Slight
Leyland Roadrunner crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 21 December 1990
10 m awayRef 199001JC00581
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 7 March 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010JC0136
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 10 February 2020
14 m awayRef 2020010235722
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on a C road in Waltham Forest, 11 April 2018
22 m awayRef 2018010101119
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 28 June 2012
22 m awayRef 201201JC30278
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 22 June 2025
40 m awayRef 2025010582236
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2018010095984 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.