B135 crash in Tower Hamlets on 15 September 2017 at 18:33 involving a BMW X1
A BMW X1 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets at 18:33 on Friday 15 September 2017. The 26-year-old male driver of the BMW X1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2017
- Friday, 18:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X1 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52483, longitude -0.05511, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green West, Tower Hamlets, E2 0BA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010059248
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 135
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 107
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Pedestrian in carriageway, not injured
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 3 March 2001.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 3 March 2001
At the same spotRef 200101HT00260
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 24 February 2010
At the same spotRef 201001HT20141
Slight
Austin Taxi crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 22 May 1991
At the same spotRef 199101HB00102
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 4 May 2021
6 m awayRef 2021010305427
Slight
Sym Symphony crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 17 October 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010538341
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 26 December 2015
10 m awayRef 201501HT29193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X1)
- 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 2017010059248 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.