A12 crash in Waltham Forest on 7 February 2019 at 10:56 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest at 10:56 on Thursday 7 February 2019. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 2019
- Thursday, 10:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56726, longitude 0.00703, in the E11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010162094
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2022.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 11 March 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010364712
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 19 May 2005
6 m awayRef 200501JC30361
Serious
Honda CBR 650 FA crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 10 December 2019
16 m awayRef 2019010224087
Serious
KTM 125 Duke crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 13 November 2025
22 m awayRef 2025010609266
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the A12 in Waltham Forest, 21 July 2001
26 m awayRef 200101JC00528
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A106 in Waltham Forest, 10 January 1995
31 m awayRef 199501JL00012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2019010162094 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 2019.