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Serious B179 crash in Waltham Forest on 6 December 2025 at 11:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B179 in Waltham Forest at 11:50 on Saturday 6 December 2025. A 32-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 2025
Saturday, 11:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58812, longitude -0.04009, in the E17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Forest. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Street, Waltham Forest, E17 7DP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Waltham Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010614166
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025010614166 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.