A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 16 June 2017 at 08:40 involving a Toyota Prius
A bicycle and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 08:40 on Friday 16 June 2017. The 54-year-old male cyclist 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
- 16 Jun 2017
- Friday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52544, longitude -0.07022, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weavers, Tower Hamlets, E2 7LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010043831
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1209
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 23 May 1989.
Serious
Van crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 23 May 1989
At the same spotRef 198901HB00117
Slight
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 4 December 1989
At the same spotRef 198901HB00288
Slight
Bedford crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 29 September 1991
10 m awayRef 199101HB00202
Serious
Nissan crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 4 September 1991
10 m awayRef 199101HB00191
Serious
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 9 September 1996
10 m awayRef 199601HT00452
Serious
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 22 February 1994
10 m awayRef 199401HB00050
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 54, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017010043831 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.