Unclassified road crash in Redbridge IG7 on 26 October 2025 at 21:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge at 21:30 on Sunday 26 October 2025. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2025
- Sunday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61317, longitude 0.09762, in the IG7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hainault, Redbridge, IG7 4EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Redbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010606402
- Council area
- Redbridge
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1985.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 6 September 1985
51 m awayRef 198501JB00519
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 24 May 1985
52 m awayRef 198501JB00282
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 25 March 2017
87 m awayRef 2017010028006
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 11 April 2010
101 m awayRef 201001JI40206
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 21 March 2022
160 m awayRef 2022010366541
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Redbridge, 25 March 2004
161 m awayRef 200401JI00208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025010606402 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redbridge road accident statistics for 2025.