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A124 crash in Newham on 17 February 2019 at 00:00 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A124 in Newham at 00:00 on Sunday 17 February 2019. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 2019
Sunday, 00:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52587, longitude 0.02919, in the E13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow North, Newham, E13 9EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010163988
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
124
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
112

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least 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 2019010163988 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 2019.