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Serious unclassified road crash in Newham E16 on 3 August 2022 at 23:10 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Newham at 23:10 on Wednesday 3 August 2022. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Aug 2022
Wednesday, 23:10
Vehicles
1
Toyota Prius
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50393, longitude 0.0264, in the E16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Royal Victoria, Newham, E16 1FA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Newham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010392009
Council area
Newham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

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, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 2022010392009 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 2022.