A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 17 August 2016 at 02:18 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera crashed on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 02:18 on Wednesday 17 August 2016. The 53-year-old male driver and a 36-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2016
- Wednesday, 02:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5071, longitude -0.01436, 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 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601HT20796
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1261
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 March 2023.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 27 March 2023
8 m awayRef 2023010434401
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 13 July 2000
10 m awayRef 200001HT00639
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 14 September 1998
10 m awayRef 199801HH00381
Slight
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 7 December 2006
10 m awayRef 200601HT20789
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 19 March 2004
10 m awayRef 200401TC00245
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 18 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200501HT20302
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 201601HT20796 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.