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A12 crash in Tower Hamlets on 19 November 2018 at 20:05 involving a Toyota Prius taxi

A Toyota Prius taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A12 in Tower Hamlets at 20:05 on Monday 19 November 2018. The 48-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 2018
Monday, 20:05
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51751, longitude -0.00973, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canning Town North, Newham, E16 4ES area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010146848
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 15 November 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018010146848 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.