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Serious C road crash in Tower Hamlets E14 on 1 February 2016 at 01:00 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets at 01:00 on Monday 1 February 2016. The 32-year-old female rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Feb 2016
Monday, 01:00
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51448, longitude -0.01995, 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 6JJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201601HT20115
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

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 201601HT20115 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.