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A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 6 March 1999 at 13:30 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 13:30 on Saturday 6 March 1999. The 27-year-old male driver of the Saab 900 and a female passenger in the Saab 900 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1999
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Saab 900 and Renault 19
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51084, longitude -0.0178, 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
199901HT00258
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199901HT00258 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 1999.