Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in Newham E15 on 20 December 2018 at 16:30 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Newham at 16:30 on Thursday 20 December 2018. The 38-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2018
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53601, longitude 0.01257, in the E15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stratford, Newham, E15 4RU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010153656
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    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 2018010153656 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.