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B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 2 November 2017 at 17:00 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 17:00 on Thursday 2 November 2017. A 57-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 2017
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha Ybr 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53203, longitude -0.04427, in the E3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets, E2 0FA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010067889
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
118
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2017010067889 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.