A102 crash in Tower Hamlets on 15 November 2018 at 07:16 involving a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle
A KTM 125 Duke motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets at 07:16 on Thursday 15 November 2018. The 38-year-old male rider of the KTM 125 Duke motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2018
- Thursday, 07:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- KTM 125 Duke and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50616, longitude -0.00359, in the E14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010145739
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 102
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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, 12 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 March 2020.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 4 March 2020
12 m awayRef 2020010239876
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 24 May 2018
14 m awayRef 2018010110216
Slight
Honda Insight crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 9 April 2017
14 m awayRef 2017010031176
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 6 August 2008
14 m awayRef 200801HT74452
Fatal
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 7 July 2010
14 m awayRef 201001TA00162
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A102 in Tower Hamlets, 28 February 1993
20 m awayRef 199301HH00078
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: KTM 125 Duke
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (KTM 125 Duke)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010145739 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.