The police were called to the junction of Noel Road and the Newham Way section of the A13 around 8.30pm yesterday (June 30).
Officers arrived to find a car had crash into a bollard, street furniture, a tree and finally turned over.
Despite the 24-year-old driver managing to escape the car before the emergency services arrived, he sustained “serious” injuries.
He was rushed to hospital where he is in a life-threatening condition.
Pictures of the scene show the silver car had crashed through a fence separating the dual carriageway from Beckton District Park and bent a billboard.
The A13 was closed London-bound while a crash investigation was carried out and only reopened 12 hours later, around 8.30am the following morning.
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In that time, severe traffic had built up with queues of over 10 miles stretching back to Romford.
There have been no arrests and officers areasking anyone with information or dashcam footage to get in touch.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “At 20:28hrs on Monday, 30 June police were called to Noel Road at the junction with Newham Way E13, following a report of a road traffic collision involving a vehicle that had collided with a bollard and a tree, then overturned.
“Police attended the scene along with colleagues from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.
“The 24-year-old driver of the vehicle sustained injuries believed to be life-threatening and was taken to hospital for treatment.
“Anyone with information that could assist police, including any dash cam footage is asked to call 101 or ‘X’ @MetCC and quote CAD 7957/30JUNE.
“No arrests have been made at this stage.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 8.30pm yesterday (30 June) to reports of a road traffic collision in Mahindra Way, Beckton.
“We sent an ambulance crew, paramedics in fast response cars and an incident response officer to the scene.
“We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
“We treated a patient for serious injuries and took him to a major trauma centre as a priority.”
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “We were called at 2033 yesterday to reports of a road traffic collision near Mahindra Way.
“A car had collided with street furniture and a tree.
“One man had left the vehicle before firefighters arrived.
“Firefighters assisted in treating the man before leaving him in the care of the London Ambulance Service.
“Two fire engines and a fire rescue unit attended the scene.”
