Fatal A13 crash in Havering on 29 October 2023 at 05:51 involving a Honda Civic
Four vehicles, including a Honda Civic and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the A13 in Havering at 05:51 on Sunday 29 October 2023. A 43-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Astra was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 29 Oct 2023
- Sunday, 05:51
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda Civic and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51219, longitude 0.18405, in the RM13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rainham & Wennington, Havering, RM13 9DD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010474662
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2023.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A13 in Havering, 9 July 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010454087
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A13 in Havering, 28 June 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010583476
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A13 in Havering, 19 December 2002
14 m awayRef 200201KD01006
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A13 in Havering, 3 July 2007
14 m awayRef 200701KD65205
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 95XF crash on the A13 in Havering, 14 April 2004
14 m awayRef 200401TC00338
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A13 in Havering, 14 January 2022
14 m awayRef 2022010354730
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
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
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 43, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2023010474662 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 2023.