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Unclassified road crash in Tower Hamlets E1 on 29 April 2018 at 19:21 involving a Ford Focus

A bicycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets at 19:21 on Sunday 29 April 2018. The 30-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 2018
Sunday, 19:21
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51662, longitude -0.07535, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spitalfields & Banglatown, Tower Hamlets, E1 6RT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010104784
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2018010104784 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.