B145 crash in Tower Hamlets on 15 December 2017 at 12:10 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the B145 in Tower Hamlets at 12:10 on Friday 15 December 2017. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2017
- Friday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Mini One
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51167, longitude -0.04212, in the E1W postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Dunstan's, Tower Hamlets, E1 3NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010078210
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 145
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 126
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 November 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 20 November 2008
At the same spotRef 200801HT75819
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 27 September 2013
At the same spotRef 201301HT20926
Slight
Car crash on the B145 in Tower Hamlets, 22 October 2011
At the same spotRef 201101HT20755
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 7 November 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010342406
Slight
Yamaha NXC crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 25 July 2022
4 m awayRef 2022010390538
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 8 July 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010318236
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2017010078210 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.