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Unclassified road crash in Tower Hamlets E1W on 25 March 2008 at 14:15 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van

A Vauxhall Vivaro van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets at 14:15 on Tuesday 25 March 2008. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 2008
Tuesday, 14:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vivaro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51888, longitude -0.05767, in the E1W postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 1HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200801HT70111
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
Crossroads
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
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
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)

    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 200801HT70111 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 2008.