A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 21 July 2017 at 07:40 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 07:40 on Friday 21 July 2017. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2017
- Friday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51065, longitude -0.04043, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, E1W 3EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010049645
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1203
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 29 July 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 29 July 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010HD0222
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 6 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010582310
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 15 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200701HT68365
Slight
Car crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 7 December 1997
10 m awayRef 199701HT00612
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 22 December 1996
10 m awayRef 199601HH00485
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 29 May 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010HD0155
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
- 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 2017010049645 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.