B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 December 2016 at 18:45 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle crashed on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 18:45 on Saturday 24 December 2016. The 33-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda WW125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53301, longitude -0.04178, in the E9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets, E2 0FA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010010195
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 118
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1205
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 February 1992.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 10 February 1992
At the same spotRef 199201HH00055
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 31 July 1995
At the same spotRef 199501HH00309
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 21 July 2015
At the same spotRef 201501HT20659
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 20 January 2014
At the same spotRef 201401HT20078
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 15 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199701HH00450
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 20 March 1996
At the same spotRef 199601HH00103
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016010010195 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.