A406 crash in Newham on 15 April 2025 at 19:28 involving a Toyota
Four vehicles, including a Toyota and a Vauxhall Corsa, were involved in a crash on the A406 in Newham at 19:28 on Tuesday 15 April 2025. A 73-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2025
- Tuesday, 19:28
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54322, longitude 0.06754, in the IG11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loxford, Redbridge, IG1 2JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010569752
- Council area
- Newham
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 406
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 1998.
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A406 in Newham, 2 October 1998
3 m awayRef 199801KG09045
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A406 in Newham, 1 February 2009
3 m awayRef 200901KG70006
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A406 in Newham, 9 September 2021
14 m awayRef 2021010330136
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Barking and Dagenham, 24 October 1989
23 m awayRef 198901KG00699
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A406 in Newham, 21 November 2016
25 m awayRef 2016010002572
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A406 in Newham, 24 June 2019
31 m awayRef 2019010189396
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Toyota
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Gas bi-fuel
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 4: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2025010569752 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2025.