A12 crash in Tower Hamlets on 19 January 2018 at 19:25 involving a Kia Ceed
A Kia Ceed and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets at 19:25 on Friday 19 January 2018. The 41-year-old male driver of the Kia Ceed was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2018
- Friday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Ceed and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51597, longitude -0.00893, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010085654
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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 25 February 1983.
Slight
Scooter crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 25 February 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010HH0082
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 27 January 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010086318
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 1 January 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010551857
Slight
Lexus IS300 crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 16 May 2020
8 m awayRef 2020010249697
Slight
Harley-Davidson XL crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 28 July 2023
11 m awayRef 2023010457663
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets, 1 November 2007
14 m awayRef 200701HT68022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Ceed)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010085654 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.