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Serious B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 10 March 2017 at 08:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit two pedestrians on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 08:40 on Friday 10 March 2017. A 36-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 9-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Mar 2017
Friday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53332, longitude -0.0409, in the E3 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010025844
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
118
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    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 2017010025844 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 2017.