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A1206 crash in Tower Hamlets on 21 April 2001 at 17:10 involving an MCW Metrocab taxi

An MCW Metrocab taxi crashed on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets at 17:10 on Saturday 21 April 2001. A 32-year-old female passenger and a 44-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 2001
Saturday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
MCW Metrocab
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50954, longitude -0.02578, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 6JJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101HT00433
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
123

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 27 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    9,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200101HT00433 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.