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Serious A11 crash in Tower Hamlets on 30 April 2002 at 09:14 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry hit a pedestrian on the A11 in Tower Hamlets at 09:14 on Tuesday 30 April 2002. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 2002
Tuesday, 09:14
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51935, longitude -0.05837, in the E1W postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 1HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201HT00370
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
11
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 9 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200201HT00370 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 2002.