B140 crash in Tower Hamlets on 13 December 2007 at 15:25 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B140 in Tower Hamlets at 15:25 on Thursday 13 December 2007. A 63-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51795, longitude -0.03911, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Dunstan's, Tower Hamlets, E1 3NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200701HT68445
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 140
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2021.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 4 November 2021
8 m awayRef 2021010341733
Serious
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 23 February 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010HD0050
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 10 April 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010101001
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 9 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198601HD00258
Serious
Saab 900 crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 20 June 1994
10 m awayRef 199401HD00141
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 14 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200401HT20094
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 63, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200701HT68445 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.