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A1268 crash in Tower Hamlets on 30 November 2002 at 00:20 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Mercedes 300 were involved in a crash on the A1268 in Tower Hamlets at 00:20 on Saturday 30 November 2002. The 43-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi and a female passenger in the Carbodies Taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2002
Saturday, 00:20
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51207, longitude -0.00017, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201HT01002
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1268
Road type
Dual 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 300

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200201HT01002 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.