A12 crash in Havering on 17 December 2019 at 23:23 involving an Audi Q3
An Audi Q3 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 23:23 on Tuesday 17 December 2019. The 27-year-old male driver of the Audi Q3 and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Audi Q3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2019
- Tuesday, 23:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q3 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5928, longitude 0.21403, in the RM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harold Wood, Havering, RM3 0EX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010225717
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1991.
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A12 in Havering, 14 January 1991
8 m awayRef 199101KD00047
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Havering, 21 May 1999
10 m awayRef 199901KD00408
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A12 in Havering, 23 March 2010
10 m awayRef 201001KD50142
Fatal
Iveco Daily crash on the A12 in Havering, 8 September 2003
10 m awayRef 200301TC00510
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A12 in Havering, 8 February 2014
10 m awayRef 201401KD50052
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A12 in Havering, 9 January 1994
10 m awayRef 199401KD00024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010225717 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 2019.