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Serious A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 25 July 2018 at 06:10 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 06:10 on Wednesday 25 July 2018. The 32-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jul 2018
Wednesday, 06:10
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52588, longitude -0.06919, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weavers, Tower Hamlets, E2 7LJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010123226
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1209
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Other
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2018010123226 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.