A13 crash in Newham on 21 December 2019 at 02:00 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A13 in Newham at 02:00 on Saturday 21 December 2019. The 48-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2019
- Saturday, 02:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52713, longitude 0.07856, in the IG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gascoigne, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7HP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226851
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 23 May 2025.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A13 in Newham, 23 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010576610
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A13 in Newham, 24 December 2017
5 m awayRef 2017010080016
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A13 in Newham, 19 November 2016
5 m awayRef 2016010003122
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A13 in Newham, 16 August 2003
5 m awayRef 200301TC00474
Slight
Scania crash on the A13 in Newham, 15 September 2014
5 m awayRef 201401KF60656
Serious
Lorry crash on the A13 in Newham, 12 January 1987
5 m awayRef 198701KE00018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010226851 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.