B165 crash in Newham on 16 May 2023 at 19:24 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
Four vehicles, including a Toyota Prius taxi and a BMW 5 Series, were involved in a crash on the B165 in Newham at 19:24 on Tuesday 16 May 2023. A 47-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2023
- Tuesday, 19:24
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Prius and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53714, longitude 0.03653, in the E6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boleyn, Newham, E6 1EY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010443382
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 165
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dry
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2007.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B165 in Newham, 6 December 2007
1 m awayRef 200701KF68825
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B165 in Newham, 8 April 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010369824
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the B165 in Newham, 27 June 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010583271
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the B165 in Newham, 7 December 2022
7 m awayRef 2022010416374
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B165 in Newham, 23 October 2023
10 m awayRef 2023010473643
Slight
Car crash on the B165 in Newham, 19 July 1999
10 m awayRef 199901KF00332
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Prius)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2023010443382 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 2023.