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Serious C road crash in Tower Hamlets E14 on 2 April 2003 at 09:45 involving a Suzuki Supercarry van

A taxi and a Suzuki Supercarry van were involved in a crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets at 09:45 on Wednesday 2 April 2003. The 53-year-old male driver of the taxi and the 32-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Supercarry van were 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
2 Apr 2003
Wednesday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5026, longitude -0.02508, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14 9XF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301HT00262
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Supercarry

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Supercarry)

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 200301HT00262 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.