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Unclassified road crash in Newham E6 on 5 November 2018 at 17:05 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 17:05 on Monday 5 November 2018. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 2018
Monday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52256, longitude 0.07237, in the E6 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
2018010143582
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    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 2018010143582 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.