A503 crash in Waltham Forest on 23 March 2020 at 15:18 involving a Smart Forfour
A Smart Forfour and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest at 15:18 on Monday 23 March 2020. The 42-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2020
- Monday, 15:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Smart Forfour and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58721, longitude -0.04056, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Waltham Forest, E17 7DP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010243379
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1006
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 24 September 2023.
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 24 September 2023
1 m awayRef 2023010468058
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 22 June 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010252772
Slight
Lexus GS 300 crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 20 November 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010411647
Fatal
Tesla Model Y crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 12 December 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010614891
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 11 May 2005
4 m awayRef 200501JC30326
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 23 February 2012
4 m awayRef 201201JC30079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Smart Forfour
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020010243379 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 2020.