B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 26 December 2017 at 10:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 10:20 on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The 47-year-old female driver, a 50-year-old female passenger and a 56-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53332, longitude -0.04105, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. 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
- 2017010080290
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1205
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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 January 2017.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 27 January 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010017337
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 10 March 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010025844
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 3 April 2015
10 m awayRef 201501HT20290
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 30 May 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010577970
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 21 August 2014
14 m awayRef 201401HT20736
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 6 October 1988
20 m awayRef 198801HH00485
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2017010080290 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.