Serious A503 crash in Waltham Forest on 17 May 2020 at 13:02 involving an Audi A5
A bicycle and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest at 13:02 on Sunday 17 May 2020. The male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 May 2020
- Sunday, 13:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Audi A5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5892, longitude -0.0299, 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 6SE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010248090
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- 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
- 503
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2021.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 3 April 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010302646
Slight
Wrightbus Gemini crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 25 May 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010576868
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 16 February 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010427497
Slight
Dennis crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 13 February 2001
6 m awayRef 200101JC00112
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 24 August 2009
6 m awayRef 200901JC30408
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A503 in Waltham Forest, 5 June 1997
6 m awayRef 199701JC00214
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A5
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020010248090 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.