A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 26 March 2018 at 17:23 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 17:23 on Monday 26 March 2018. The 45-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2018
- Monday, 17:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50721, longitude -0.01262, 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
- 2018010098483
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1261
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 31 May 2015
10 m awayRef 201501HT20448
Slight
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 11 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200201HT00847
Slight
Suzuki UX 125 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 13 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201101HT20199
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 19 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198801HH00493
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 18 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198801HH00491
Slight
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 4 January 2022
13 m awayRef 2022010352951
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018010098483 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.