A127 crash in Havering on 30 December 2022 at 23:18 involving a Mercedes A Class
Four vehicles, including a Mercedes A Class and an MG 6, were involved in a crash on the A127 in Havering at 23:18 on Friday 30 December 2022. The 20-year-old male driver of the Mercedes A Class and the 27-year-old female driver of the MG 6 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2022
- Friday, 23:18
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mercedes A Class and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58689, longitude 0.22409, in the RM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harold Wood, Havering, RM3 0EX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010419031
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 127
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2003.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A127 in Havering, 22 October 2003
2 m awayRef 200301KD00699
Serious
Volvo 740 crash on the A127 in Havering, 1 June 1998
2 m awayRef 199801KD00474
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A127 in Havering, 29 October 2001
2 m awayRef 200101KD00861
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A127 in Havering, 31 August 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010396887
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A127 in Havering, 11 December 1999
2 m awayRef 199901KD01016
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A127 in Havering, 6 November 2018
2 m awayRef 2018010145570
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: MG 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,849 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG 6)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022010419031 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 2022.