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Met Police adopts What3Words after fatal crash dispatch error in Rainham
The Metropolitan Police has started using What3Words to give officers more precise incident locations, following a coroner’s finding that a dispatch error may have contributed to a fatal crash in Rainham, east London. The coroner said officers were sent to the wrong junction after a 2024 emergency call, and could have reached the correct site before a second collision.
Davina Ruprah, 24, Kiranjeet Sagoo, 36, and Sachin Kalia, 19, died when their BMW struck a stationary van on 15 July 2024. The van had stopped partly in lane three after an earlier collision at Wennington junction; police records instead showed an incorrect Dagenham junction. The inquest heard that the BMW was travelling well above the speed limit in wet conditions, and that the driver lost control. The coroner said mobile phone location data was not precise enough and recommended adopting more accurate location technology.
In short
- Met Police has begun using What3Words for precise locations.
- A dispatch error sent officers to the wrong junction.
- Three people died in the later crash.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Met Police start using What3Words after GPS blunder led to fatal crash that killed budding lawyer, 24, her friend, 19, and uncle, 36”.