A12 crash in Havering on 5 July 2024 at 23:35 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga and a Honda HR-V were involved in a crash on the A12 in Havering at 23:35 on Friday 5 July 2024. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Kuga was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2024
- Friday, 23:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Kuga and Honda HR-V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58651, longitude 0.17284, in the RM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Edward's, Havering, RM7 7JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024010520249
- Council area
- Havering
- 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
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 174
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
- 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 17 February 2020.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A12 in Havering, 17 February 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010236994
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A12 in Havering, 3 March 2013
4 m awayRef 201301KD50144
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A12 in Havering, 2 February 1989
4 m awayRef 198901KD00119
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A12 in Havering, 19 September 2015
4 m awayRef 201501KD50537
Slight
Volkswagen Eos crash on the A12 in Havering, 31 August 2011
4 m awayRef 201101KD50354
Slight
Honda XLR125 crash on the A12 in Havering, 6 November 2001
4 m awayRef 200101KD00906
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Honda HR-V
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Kuga)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024010520249 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 2024.