Serious B126 crash in Tower Hamlets on 13 May 2008 at 08:20 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets at 08:20 on Tuesday 13 May 2008. The 29-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 May 2008
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51091, longitude -0.05383, in the E1 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801HT72720
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 126
- Road type
- One way street
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 21 September 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010134070
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 3 April 1991
At the same spotRef 199101HD00088
Slight
Cupra Formentor crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 28 March 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010567163
Slight
Honda Insight crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 1 October 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010402262
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 27 November 2023
6 m awayRef 2023010482072
Slight
Van crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 22 September 2021
6 m awayRef 2021010332673
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 29, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 200801HT72720 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.