B126 crash in Tower Hamlets on 23 December 2016 at 10:09 involving a BMW 3 Series
A vehicle, a BMW 3 Series and a Toyota Avensis taxi were involved in a crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets at 10:09 on Friday 23 December 2016. The 48-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2016
- Friday, 10:09
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51126, longitude -0.04805, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010008591
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 126
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1994.
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 19 October 1994
10 m awayRef 199401HD00274
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 2 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200501HT20857
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 13 October 2021
16 m awayRef 2021010337190
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 28 September 2021
17 m awayRef 2021010334186
Slight
Suzuki Splash crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 4 August 2022
18 m awayRef 2022010392211
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 3 April 2023
19 m awayRef 2023010435752
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Avensis)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
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 2016010008591 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 2016.