Serious A1006 crash in Waltham Forest on 19 October 2019 at 07:30 involving a Kia Picanto
A Kia Picanto, a car and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest at 07:30 on Saturday 19 October 2019. The 21-year-old female driver of the Kia Picanto was seriously injured and the 20-year-old female driver of the car and the 28-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Oct 2019
- Saturday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kia Picanto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56196, longitude -0.02562, in the E10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010212706
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2020.
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 5 August 2020
14 m awayRef 2020010260597
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Waltham Forest, 29 October 2017
16 m awayRef 2017010067048
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 3 January 2009
35 m awayRef 200901JC76749
Slight
Kymco Agility crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 17 September 2018
48 m awayRef 2018010133148
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 25 November 2025
77 m awayRef 2025010611637
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 30 January 2022
80 m awayRef 2022010357663
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019010212706 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.