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A1268 crash in Tower Hamlets on 23 May 2018 at 20:05 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A1268 in Tower Hamlets at 20:05 on Wednesday 23 May 2018. The 32-year-old female driver of the Smart Fortwo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2018
Wednesday, 20:05
Vehicles
2
Smart Fortwo and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5124, longitude -0.00015, 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
2018010110113
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1268
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
13

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

    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 2018010110113 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.