A406 crash in Newham on 6 September 2018 at 20:15 involving a Renault Trucks lorry
A Renault Trucks lorry and a Seat Alhambra were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 20:15 on Thursday 6 September 2018. The 34-year-old male driver of the Seat Alhambra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2018
- Thursday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trucks and Seat Alhambra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52677, longitude 0.07314, in the IG11 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010131036
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 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 3 February 2012.
Slight
Rover 45 crash on the A406 in Newham, 3 February 2012
At the same spotRef 201201KF60041
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A406 in Newham, 14 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200901KF60599
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A406 in Newham, 25 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199801KO00707
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A406 in Newham, 24 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199701KO00656
Serious
ERF crash on the A406 in Newham, 16 February 2004
At the same spotRef 200401TC00190
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A406 in Newham, 18 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200101KO00879
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Alhambra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Alhambra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010131036 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.