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A118 crash in Barking and Dagenham on 29 September 2025 at 08:29 involving a Kia Niro

A Kia Niro hit a pedestrian on the A118 in Barking and Dagenham at 08:29 on Monday 29 September 2025. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Sep 2025
Monday, 08:29
Vehicles
1
Kia Niro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57213, longitude 0.14038, in the RM6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barking and Dagenham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whalebone, Barking and Dagenham, RM6 6QR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010600547
Council area
Barking and Dagenham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
118
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 21 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Niro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Kia Niro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025010600547 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Barking and Dagenham road accident statistics for 2025.