B134 crash in Tower Hamlets on 9 July 2016 at 00:26 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Sport
A Land Rover Range Rover Sport and a BMW X6 were involved in a crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets at 00:26 on Saturday 9 July 2016. The 40-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport, a 40-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover Sport and a 34-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover Sport were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 00:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and BMW X6
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51885, longitude -0.07165, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spitalfields & Banglatown, Tower Hamlets, E1 6RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601HT20679
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 134
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2012.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 16 September 2012
At the same spotRef 201201HT20645
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 24 May 2009
10 m awayRef 200901HT20259
Slight
Nissan Stanza crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 15 July 1994
10 m awayRef 199401HB00146
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 17 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201101HT20200
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 14 August 1995
14 m awayRef 199501HT00291
Slight
Fiat Ulysse crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 17 September 2005
14 m awayRef 200501HT20623
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X6
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 4,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201601HT20679 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.