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A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 12 December 1995 at 18:11 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 18:11 on Tuesday 12 December 1995. The 37-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle and the male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Dec 1995
Tuesday, 18:11
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Kawasaki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51027, longitude -0.0448, in the E1W 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
199501HT00526
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1203
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 199501HT00526 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 1995.