C road crash in Tower Hamlets E14 on 18 June 2018 at 08:40 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Tower Hamlets at 08:40 on Monday 18 June 2018. The 23-year-old female rider and a 22-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jun 2018
- Monday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50302, longitude -0.02534, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14 9XF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010115582
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 March 1989.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 8 March 1989
14 m awayRef 198901HH00130
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 12 November 2011
20 m awayRef 201101TA01763
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 11 January 2024
22 m awayRef 2024010488671
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 27 January 2025
26 m awayRef 2025010556075
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 15 September 1999
30 m awayRef 199901HT00954
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 19 October 1999
32 m awayRef 199901HT01095
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 23, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- 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 2018010115582 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.