Serious A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 12 July 2002 at 10:55 involving an LDV 200 Series van
An LDV 200 Series van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 10:55 on Friday 12 July 2002. The 29-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Jul 2002
- Friday, 10:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- LDV 200 Series and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50714, longitude -0.01177, 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 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201HT00592
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1261
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2021.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 23 October 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010347327
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 7 June 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010185840
Serious
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 8 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200201HT00719
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 7 June 2024
14 m awayRef 2024010514767
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 8 June 2003
20 m awayRef 200301HT00421
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 31 January 2001
20 m awayRef 200101HT00166
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: LDV 200 Series
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200201HT00592 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.