A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 16 December 2004 at 08:10 involving a Volvo lorry
Two cars and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 08:10 on Thursday 16 December 2004. The male driver of vehicle 1 and a male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2004
- Thursday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volvo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51052, longitude -0.04159, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, E1W 3EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401TC09003
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1203
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1203
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 14 January 1996
At the same spotRef 199601HT00013
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 27 April 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010439889
Slight
BMW i4 crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 17 August 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010592541
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 10 April 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010HD0101
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 29 November 1991
10 m awayRef 199101HD00375
Slight
Leyland DAF 200 crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 23 February 1990
10 m awayRef 199001HD00063
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,284 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 200401TC09003 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.