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A11 crash in Tower Hamlets on 25 July 1992 at 13:00 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets at 13:00 on Saturday 25 July 1992. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 300 and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes 300 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jul 1992
Saturday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52662, longitude -0.02767, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201HH00300
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    3,839 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199201HH00300 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tower Hamlets road accident statistics for 1992.