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Serious A107 crash in Tower Hamlets on 1 March 2003 at 09:40 involving a Ford KA

A lorry and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets at 09:40 on Saturday 1 March 2003. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was seriously 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
Serious
Date
1 Mar 2003
Saturday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52262, longitude -0.0552, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets, E1 4HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301HT00181
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
107
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
107

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 3 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)

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 200301HT00181 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 2003.