Serious A406 crash in Newham on 3 April 2018 at 16:24 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 16:24 on Tuesday 3 April 2018. The 66-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Apr 2018
- Tuesday, 16:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52399, longitude 0.07273, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Ham South, Newham, E6 6HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010099758
- Council area
- Newham
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 13
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2019.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A406 in Newham, 20 May 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010181958
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A406 in Newham, 17 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200801KF76444
Slight
Renault 14 crash on the A406 in Newham, 15 January 1992
10 m awayRef 199201KO00100
Serious
Honda CB125TD crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 19 October 1992
10 m awayRef 199201KO00486
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A406 in Newham, 5 August 1997
10 m awayRef 199701KO00396
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Newham, 29 January 2016
10 m awayRef 201601KF60077
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 66, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2018010099758 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2018.