A1206 crash in Tower Hamlets on 2 January 2018 at 20:10 involving a Toyota Auris
A Toyota Auris and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets at 20:10 on Tuesday 2 January 2018. The 19-year-old male cyclist 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 junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jan 2018
- Tuesday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Auris and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49628, longitude -0.00936, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, SE10 0ZQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010081190
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1206
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 February 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 3 February 1989
At the same spotRef 198901HH00080
Slight
Van crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 2 March 1987
At the same spotRef 198701HH00076
Slight
Car crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 3 September 1988
At the same spotRef 198801HH00425
Slight
Bus crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 12 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010HH0385
Serious
Car crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 27 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701HH00477
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 19 February 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010559937
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 19, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018010081190 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 2018.