A12 crash in Tower Hamlets on 1 June 2010 at 15:34 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and three cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets at 15:34 on Tuesday 1 June 2010. All four casualties were 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
- 1 Jun 2010
- Tuesday, 15:34
- Vehicles
- 4
- Toyota Avensis and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51437, longitude -0.00857, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201001HT20375
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- 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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2005.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 21 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200501HT20807
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 12 October 1997
10 m awayRef 199701HH00398
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 27 May 2013
10 m awayRef 201301HT20326
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 5 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200501GD10599
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 23 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199801HH00486
Slight
Van crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 14 May 1985
14 m awayRef 198501HH00211
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201001HT20375 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 2010.