A12 crash in Redbridge on 28 December 2023 at 19:50 involving a Volvo XC40
A Volvo XC40 and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the A12 in Redbridge at 19:50 on Thursday 28 December 2023. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC40 and a passenger in the Volvo XC40 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2023
- Thursday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC40 and Volkswagen Tiguan
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58239, longitude 0.11787, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010486408
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
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
- Raining, 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 30 March 1986
6 m awayRef 198601JI00189
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 10 October 1995
6 m awayRef 199501JI00512
Slight
Van crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 4 December 1985
6 m awayRef 198501JI00692
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A12 in Redbridge, 8 June 1999
9 m awayRef 199901JB00433
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on a C road in Redbridge, 17 November 2001
9 m awayRef 200101JI01134
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on a C road in Redbridge, 24 January 1997
9 m awayRef 199701JB00145
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC40
Car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC40)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightCar occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC40)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2023010486408 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.