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A13 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 26 May 2019 at 16:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A13 in Barking and Dagenham at 16:40 on Sunday 26 May 2019. The 25-year-old male driver 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
26 May 2019
Sunday, 16:40
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52907, longitude 0.14082, in the RM9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barking and Dagenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goresbrook, Barking and Dagenham, RM9 6NP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Barking and Dagenham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010183335
Council area
Barking and Dagenham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1306

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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019010183335 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barking and Dagenham road accident statistics for 2019.