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Unclassified road crash in Tower Hamlets E2 on 10 February 2007 at 15:35 involving a Honda SES125 motorcycle

A Honda SES125 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets at 15:35 on Saturday 10 February 2007. The 42-year-old male rider of the Honda SES125 motorcycle was 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
10 Feb 2007
Saturday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Honda SES125 and Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53095, longitude -0.04764, in the E2 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, E2 0FA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200701HT20086
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
B
Second road number
118

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda SES125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda SES125)

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 200701HT20086 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 2007.