A13 crash in Newham on 3 October 2019 at 19:05 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on the A13 in Newham at 19:05 on Thursday 3 October 2019. The 49-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van 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
- 3 Oct 2019
- Thursday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51637, longitude 0.01333, in the E16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canning Town North, Newham, E16 1PY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010209401
- 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
- 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
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1988.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Newham, 2 September 1988
4 m awayRef 198801KE00404
Slight
Harley-Davidson crash on the A13 in Newham, 25 April 1994
4 m awayRef 199401KO00199
Slight
Honda CBR600F crash on the A13 in Newham, 16 December 2005
8 m awayRef 200501KF69009
Serious
MZ crash on the A13 in Newham, 12 June 1992
8 m awayRef 199201KO00274
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Newham, 24 June 2014
8 m awayRef 201401KF60451
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A13 in Newham, 28 January 2014
8 m awayRef 201401KF60034
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010209401 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.