A1205 crash in Tower Hamlets on 14 August 2017 at 17:35 involving an Audi Q7
An Audi Q7 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets at 17:35 on Monday 14 August 2017. The 43-year-old male driver of the Audi Q7 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2017
- Monday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q7 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51721, longitude -0.02963, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley North, Tower Hamlets, E3 4RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010054044
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 140
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 20 July 2005.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 20 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200501HT20473
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 8 January 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010085020
Slight
Dennis crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 15 May 2007
At the same spotRef 200701HT20310
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 9 September 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010131540
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 5 August 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010260497
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 20 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010604757
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q7)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017010054044 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.