A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 29 December 1997 at 20:15 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306, a Rover 800 Series and a Nissan Bluebird were involved in a crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 20:15 on Monday 29 December 1997. The 27-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1997
- Monday, 20:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 306 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51057, longitude -0.04133, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199701HH09003
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1203
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1998.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 1 August 1998
10 m awayRef 199801HT00421
Slight
Van crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 10 March 2015
10 m awayRef 201501HT20277
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 4 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010149939
Slight
BMW i4 crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 17 August 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010592541
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 23 August 2005
14 m awayRef 200501HT20595
Slight
Porsche crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 28 February 2006
14 m awayRef 200601HT20074
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Bluebird
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
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 199701HH09003 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 1997.