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C road crash in Newham E13 on 18 September 2018 at 03:40 involving a Seat Alhambra taxi

A Seat Alhambra taxi and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on a C road in Newham at 03:40 on Tuesday 18 September 2018. A 24-year-old male passenger in the Seat Alhambra taxi 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 2018
Tuesday, 03:40
Vehicles
2
Seat Alhambra and Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52899, longitude 0.01817, in the E13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow West & Canning Town East, Newham, E13 0FH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010133195
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Alhambra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    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 2018010133195 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.