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A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 15 August 2017 at 15:45 involving a Smart City

A Smart City and a Mercedes S Class were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 15:45 on Tuesday 15 August 2017. The 22-year-old male driver of the Smart City was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Aug 2017
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Smart City and Mercedes S Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51285, longitude -0.00042, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 0ER area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010054265
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight

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 22 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart City

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    698 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes S Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart City)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017010054265 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.