Unclassified road crash in Redbridge IG5 on 4 April 2018 at 00:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
Four vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and an Audi A4, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge at 00:20 on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The 65-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2018
- Wednesday, 00:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 3 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5982, longitude 0.06643, in the IG5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fullwell, Redbridge, IG5 0UN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010099805
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 2 November 1984
51 m awayRef 198401JB00673
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 29 April 2000
82 m awayRef 200001JI00507
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 1 October 2024
84 m awayRef 2024010535329
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 23 May 1994
85 m awayRef 199401JB00152
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 5 November 1998
100 m awayRef 199801JB00793
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 11 September 1993
100 m awayRef 199301JD00306
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2018010099805 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 2018.