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B127 crash in Tower Hamlets on 17 December 2015 at 08:30 involving a BMW F 800 motorcycle

A BMW F 800 motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B127 in Tower Hamlets at 08:30 on Thursday 17 December 2015. The 43-year-old male rider of the BMW F 800 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2015
Thursday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
BMW F 800 and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53275, longitude -0.05523, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green West, Tower Hamlets, E2 0BA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201501HT21228
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
127
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW F 800

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW F 800)

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 201501HT21228 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 2015.