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B161 crash in Waltham Forest on 31 March 2023 at 01:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B161 in Waltham Forest at 01:45 on Friday 31 March 2023. The 47-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 2023
Friday, 01:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5584, longitude 0.00618, in the E11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cann Hall, Waltham Forest, E11 4JE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010435464
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
B
First road number
161
Speed limit
20 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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown

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 23 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    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 2023010435464 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 2023.