Serious A12 crash in Redbridge on 17 December 2023 at 00:30 involving a BMW 6 Series
A BMW 6 Series and a BMW 4 Series were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 00:30 on Sunday 17 December 2023. The 29-year-old female driver of the BMW 4 Series was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 2023
- Sunday, 00:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 6 Series and BMW 4 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5823, longitude 0.11759, in the RM6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chadwell, Redbridge, RM6 4XX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010484479
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 177
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2021.
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 19 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021010325325
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 21 May 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010308777
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 22 April 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010571956
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B177 in Redbridge, 5 May 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010305571
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 26 April 1983
5 m awayRef 1983010JI0260
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 18 May 2014
5 m awayRef 201401JI40288
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 6 Series
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 4 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 4 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023010484479 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2023.