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C road crash in Tower Hamlets E14 on 8 August 2018 at 18:45 involving a Toyota Prius

A Toyota Prius and a Mercedes SLK Class were involved in a crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets at 18:45 on Wednesday 8 August 2018. The 39-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 2018
Wednesday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and Mercedes SLK Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49117, longitude -0.02081, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Evelyn, Lewisham, SE8 3JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010126359
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes SLK Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    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 2018010126359 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.