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Fatal A503 crash in Waltham Forest on 12 December 2025 at 00:25 involving a Tesla Model Y taxi

A Tesla Model Y taxi hit a pedestrian on the A503 in Waltham Forest at 00:25 on Friday 12 December 2025. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Dec 2025
Friday, 00:25
Vehicles
1
Tesla Model Y
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58719, longitude -0.04055, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010614891
Council area
Waltham Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
503
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1006

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Tesla Model Y

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Tesla Model Y)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2025010614891 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.