B126 crash in Tower Hamlets on 14 August 2017 at 19:17 involving a Volvo V50
A bicycle and a Volvo V50 were involved in a crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets at 19:17 on Monday 14 August 2017. The 22-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2017
- Monday, 19:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Volvo V50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51119, longitude -0.05684, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 1HE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010053816
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 126
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2018.
Slight
Car crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 14 May 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010107948
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 12 September 1996
10 m awayRef 199601HT00474
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 14 August 2020
11 m awayRef 2020010262094
Slight
Car crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 9 July 2025
13 m awayRef 2025010585557
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 5 March 2010
14 m awayRef 201001HT20130
Slight
Car crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 22 December 1999
14 m awayRef 199901HT02216
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V50
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 22, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017010053816 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.