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Serious A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 2 October 2017 at 19:17 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle

A Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 19:17 on Monday 2 October 2017. The 31-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Oct 2017
Monday, 19:17
Vehicles
2
Honda WW125EX2 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51455, longitude -0.05857, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010062149
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2017010062149 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.