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Serious B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 8 April 2018 at 14:30 involving a Mercedes Vito taxi

A Mercedes Vito taxi crashed on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 14:30 on Sunday 8 April 2018. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Apr 2018
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Vito
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.535, longitude -0.03376, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bow East, Tower Hamlets, E3 2RZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010100596
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

Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2018010100596 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.