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Serious unclassified road crash in Waltham Forest E10 on 31 December 2018 at 19:00 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest at 19:00 on Monday 31 December 2018. A female passenger in the Mercedes C Class was seriously injured and the 23-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2018
Monday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes C Class and other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56953, longitude -0.00717, in the E10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forest, Waltham Forest, E10 5AP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010155653
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Second road class
Unclassified

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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018010155653 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.