A406 crash in Waltham Forest on 10 September 2019 at 17:21 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and an Audi Q2 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest at 17:21 on Tuesday 10 September 2019. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Audi Q2 and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Audi Q2 were 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
- 10 Sep 2019
- Tuesday, 17:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Audi Q2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60512, longitude -0.02454, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Valley, Waltham Forest, E4 8SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010204557
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1998.
Slight
Renault crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 29 November 1998
5 m awayRef 199801JC00519
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 18 September 2020
8 m awayRef 2020010268639
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 8 December 2011
10 m awayRef 201101JC30638
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 13 September 1982
15 m awayRef 1982010JC0564
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 23 November 2025
19 m awayRef 2025010611256
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Waltham Forest, 12 September 2023
24 m awayRef 2023010465580
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q2)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q2)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019010204557 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.