B140 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 June 2008 at 17:35 involving a Nissan
A Nissan and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets at 17:35 on Tuesday 24 June 2008. The 29-year-old female driver of the Nissan Almera 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
- 24 Jun 2008
- Tuesday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan and Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52173, longitude -0.01834, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley North, Tower Hamlets, E3 4RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801HT73210
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 July 2012.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 29 July 2012
At the same spotRef 201201TA00598
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 9 December 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010352284
Serious
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 17 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200001HT00969
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 14 June 1996
10 m awayRef 199601HH00236
Slight
Dennis crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 2 September 2008
10 m awayRef 200801HT74752
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 2 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198501HH00180
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)
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 200801HT73210 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.