A11 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 September 2018 at 17:50 involving a Mini Cooper
A bicycle and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets at 17:50 on Monday 24 September 2018. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2018
- Monday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51999, longitude -0.05589, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets, E1 4HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010134755
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 11
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 2 February 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 2 February 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010015859
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 30 April 2013
At the same spotRef 201301HT20281
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 26 April 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010104252
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 15 February 2025
At the same spotRef 2025010559647
Slight
Car crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 3 April 1989
At the same spotRef 198901HB00066
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 29 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010030647
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 34, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018010134755 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.