A406 crash in Redbridge on 13 July 2018 at 19:03 involving a Mercedes Gla Class
A taxi and a Mercedes Gla Class were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 19:03 on Friday 13 July 2018. The 37-year-old male driver of the taxi and a 28-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2018
- Friday, 19:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and Mercedes Gla Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55539, longitude 0.06665, in the IG1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ilford Town, Redbridge, IG1 2ZD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010121012
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2018.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A118 in Redbridge, 23 April 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010103411
Slight
Car crash on the A118 in Redbridge, 23 April 2011
At the same spotRef 201101JI40223
Slight
BMW crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 1 January 1997
At the same spotRef 199701JI00007
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 28 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010600514
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 5 February 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010088375
Slight
Suzuki Supercarry crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 10 January 1997
10 m awayRef 199701JI00023
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Gla Class
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- 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 2018010121012 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.