A124 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 2 May 2018 at 08:45 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A Volkswagen Caddy and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A124 in Barking and Dagenham at 08:45 on Wednesday 2 May 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Caddy and a 49-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Caddy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2018
- Wednesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54211, longitude 0.08552, in the IG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barking and Dagenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longbridge, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 9HU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010105614
- Council area
- Barking and Dagenham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 124
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2017.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 27 May 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010042074
Serious
HGV crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 2 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200601KG70025
Slight
Car crash on the A124 in Barking and Dagenham, 5 December 1985
At the same spotRef 198501KG00791
Serious
Yamaha GPD 125 crash on the A124 in Barking and Dagenham, 13 April 2019
6 m awayRef 2019010174915
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A124 in Barking and Dagenham, 3 May 2014
10 m awayRef 201401KG70193
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A124 in Barking and Dagenham, 25 October 2014
10 m awayRef 201401KG70472
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018010105614 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barking and Dagenham road accident statistics for 2018.