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A1206 crash in Tower Hamlets on 8 October 1998 at 16:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A car, a Vauxhall Astra and a Rover Vitesse were involved in a crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets at 16:05 on Thursday 8 October 1998. The male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 1998
Thursday, 16:05
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51059, longitude -0.01049, in the E14 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
199801HH00428
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1206
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Vitesse

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199801HH00428 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 1998.