A406 crash in Newham on 22 December 2022 at 14:03 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 14:03 on Thursday 22 December 2022. The 37-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2022
- Thursday, 14:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51087, longitude 0.07079, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beckton, Newham, E6 6FS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010417905
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2018.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A406 in Newham, 21 November 2018
11 m awayRef 2018010148571
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A406 in Newham, 20 September 1996
16 m awayRef 199601KO00468
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A406 in Newham, 1 November 1996
35 m awayRef 199601KO00553
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A406 in Newham, 1 April 1999
37 m awayRef 199901KO00159
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A406 in Newham, 6 October 2007
37 m awayRef 200701KF67273
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A406 in Newham, 24 December 2011
43 m awayRef 201101KF60700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2022010417905 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.