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Unclassified road crash in Tower Hamlets E3 on 16 January 2001 at 16:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets at 16:25 on Tuesday 16 January 2001. A 13-year-old female pedestrian and a 15-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 2001
Tuesday, 16:25
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52646, longitude -0.01597, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley North, Tower Hamlets, E3 3DS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101HT00072
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, 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 10 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    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
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200101HT00072 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 2001.