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Serious A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 31 May 1997 at 03:25 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada hit a pedestrian on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 03:25 on Saturday 31 May 1997. A 32-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 May 1997
Saturday, 03:25
Vehicles
1
Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50949, longitude -0.0738, in the EC3N 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701HT00271
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
100

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 serious injury crash on 25 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199701HT00271 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.