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Serious B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 21 August 1999 at 04:20 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle

A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle crashed on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 04:20 on Saturday 21 August 1999. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Aug 1999
Saturday, 04:20
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Speedfight
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53215, longitude -0.04413, in the E3 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
199901HT00843
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
118
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 11 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 199901HT00843 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.