Serious B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 1 October 2004 at 21:57 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 21:57 on Friday 1 October 2004. The 38-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Oct 2004
- Friday, 21:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53486, longitude -0.03421, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bow East, Tower Hamlets, E3 2RZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401HT00625
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 118
- Road type
- Single 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
- Unclassified
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2006.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 20 May 2006
At the same spotRef 200601HT20262
Slight
Car crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 23 December 1991
At the same spotRef 199101HH00610
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 22 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200401HT20045
Slight
Honda NSS crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 9 November 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010409897
Serious
E-scooter crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 27 December 2023
9 m awayRef 2023010487342
Serious
Dennis crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 24 April 2002
10 m awayRef 200201HT00358
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 200401HT00625 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 2004.