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A115 crash in Tower Hamlets on 5 August 2018 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A bicycle and a Vauxhall Zafira taxi were involved in a crash on the A115 in Tower Hamlets at 18:30 on Sunday 5 August 2018. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 2018
Sunday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54231, longitude -0.02494, in the E9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010126281
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
115
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2018010126281 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.