A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 21 April 2019 at 21:50 involving a Nissan Note
A Nissan Note and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 21:50 on Sunday 21 April 2019. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Note, the 22-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Tucson and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Tucson were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2019
- Sunday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Note and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51242, longitude -0.03239, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 6JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010176298
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 2023.
Serious
Honda WW125 crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 12 October 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010473224
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 23 July 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010197125
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 24 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018010128819
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 25 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010207731
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 11 August 2011
4 m awayRef 201101TA01444
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 2 February 2004
4 m awayRef 200401TC00092
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2019010176298 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 2019.