A406 crash in Redbridge on 5 March 2020 at 21:45 involving a Renault Grand Scenic
A Renault Grand Scenic and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the A406 in Redbridge at 21:45 on Thursday 5 March 2020. The 60-year-old male driver of the Renault Grand Scenic was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Mar 2020
- Thursday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Grand Scenic and Audi A5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58788, longitude 0.0395, in the IG4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clayhall, Redbridge, IG4 5PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010240914
- Council area
- Redbridge
- 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
- 40 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2025.
Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 2 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010584366
Fatal
Car crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 28 April 2016
12 m awayRef 201601TD00047
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 21 March 2004
12 m awayRef 200401TC00248
Slight
Car crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 26 November 2004
20 m awayRef 200401JI40060
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 11 September 2015
37 m awayRef 201501JI40628
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A406 in Redbridge, 21 November 2001
41 m awayRef 200101JI01155
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Grand Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,698 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Grand Scenic)
- 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 2020010240914 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2020.