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B135 crash in Tower Hamlets on 20 December 1996 at 09:45 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets at 09:45 on Friday 20 December 1996. The 31-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1996
Friday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52726, longitude -0.05532, 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
199601HT00660
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
135
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
107

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199601HT00660 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.