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B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 3 December 1996 at 07:45 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 07:45 on Tuesday 3 December 1996. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53168, longitude -0.04489, in the E2 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
199601HT00629
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
118
Road type
Single 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
B
Second road number
127

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199601HT00629 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 1996.