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A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 17 December 2001 at 21:00 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle, a Carbodies Taxi and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 21:00 on Monday 17 December 2001. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Carbodies Taxi and the 25-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2001
Monday, 21:00
Vehicles
3
Aprilia and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52358, longitude -0.07506, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101HT09009
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1209
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1209

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 2 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

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 200101HT09009 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.