A12 crash in Tower Hamlets on 4 January 2018 at 11:14 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets at 11:14 on Thursday 4 January 2018. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 11:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5176, longitude -0.00972, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canning Town North, Newham, E16 4ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010081526
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 12
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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 27 July 2016.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 27 July 2016
At the same spotRef 201601HT20696
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 15 July 2014
At the same spotRef 201401HT20668
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 22 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501HH00503
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 31 October 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010142495
Slight
Car crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 7 May 1993
At the same spotRef 199301HH00189
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 11 June 2015
At the same spotRef 201501HT20508
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2018010081526 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.