A104 crash in Waltham Forest on 26 March 2025 at 12:30 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest at 12:30 on Wednesday 26 March 2025. The 42-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Wednesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58102, longitude -0.0009, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wood Street, Waltham Forest, E17 3NB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010566021
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 104
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 21 May 2005.
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 21 May 2005
1 m awayRef 200501JC30316
Serious
BMW M5 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 12 September 2011
1 m awayRef 201101TA01544
Slight
Hyundai X2 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 17 February 2002
1 m awayRef 200201JC00100
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 12 August 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010263388
Serious
Yamaha NXC 125 crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 21 August 2020
6 m awayRef 2020010263361
Slight
Bedford Astra crash on the A104 in Waltham Forest, 2 October 1990
10 m awayRef 199001JL00445
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 42, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2025010566021 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Waltham Forest road accident statistics for 2025.