A114 crash in Waltham Forest on 8 October 2018 at 20:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest at 20:40 on Monday 8 October 2018. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Oct 2018
- Monday, 20:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58033, longitude 0.00312, in the E10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, E11 1ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010142160
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 114
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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 29 October 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest, 29 October 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010069099
Slight
Car crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest, 4 April 2006
At the same spotRef 200601JC30203
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest, 14 October 2021
9 m awayRef 2021010337446
Slight
Van crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest, 26 December 1987
10 m awayRef 198701JL00588
Serious
Peugeot 104 crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest, 7 September 1991
10 m awayRef 199101JL00393
Slight
Car crash on the A114 in Waltham Forest, 18 April 1987
10 m awayRef 198701JL00167
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018010142160 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 2018.