B108 crash in Tower Hamlets on 4 December 2018 at 15:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets at 15:30 on Tuesday 4 December 2018. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52336, longitude -0.06411, 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
- 2018010150370
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 108
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 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 27 April 1984.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets, 27 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198401HB00108
Slight
Lorry crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets, 26 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198401HB00193
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets, 1 October 1998
10 m awayRef 199801HT00526
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets, 27 April 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010111106
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets, 3 October 1997
10 m awayRef 199701HT00489
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B108 in Tower Hamlets, 12 February 2024
12 m awayRef 2024010494204
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018010150370 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.