A12 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 May 2003 at 11:50 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Tigra were involved in a crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets at 11:50 on Saturday 24 May 2003. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Tigra and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Tigra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2003
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Vauxhall Tigra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52701, longitude -0.01119, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley North, Tower Hamlets, E3 3DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301HT00393
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- 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 17 April 2022.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 17 April 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010371286
Serious
Honda crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 7 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199701HH00481
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 20 December 2016
14 m awayRef 2016010008201
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 8 October 2008
14 m awayRef 200801HT75618
Slight
Honda VFR 1200 crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 12 June 2025
16 m awayRef 2025010580137
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 22 November 2022
19 m awayRef 2022010412103
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Tigra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Tigra)
- 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 200301HT00393 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.