A1006 crash in Waltham Forest on 16 June 2025 at 23:59 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class crashed on the A1006 in Waltham Forest at 23:59 on Monday 16 June 2025. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Monday, 23:59
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56319, longitude -0.01639, in the E10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leyton, Waltham Forest, E10 5NL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010581042
- Council area
- Waltham Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1006
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 7 May 1999.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 7 May 1999
3 m awayRef 199901JL00187
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 26 June 2007
3 m awayRef 200701JC63391
Slight
Car crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 23 December 1989
3 m awayRef 198901JL00630
Slight
Volvo 940 crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 31 October 2012
3 m awayRef 201201JC30524
Serious
Fiat Panda crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 8 October 1990
3 m awayRef 199001JL00461
Slight
Car crash on the A1006 in Waltham Forest, 17 March 1988
3 m awayRef 198801JL00108
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2025010581042 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.