A1206 crash in Tower Hamlets on 26 April 2019 at 07:55 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A bicycle and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets at 07:55 on Friday 26 April 2019. The male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2019
- Friday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5056, longitude -0.02644, 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
- 2019010179411
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1206
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1206
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2022.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 23 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010406076
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 23 February 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010167565
Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 13 May 1999
6 m awayRef 199901HT00501
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 25 May 1999
6 m awayRef 199901HT00573
Slight
Yamaha YZF 600 R crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 13 October 1999
6 m awayRef 199901HT01040
Slight
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A1206 in Tower Hamlets, 22 November 2013
7 m awayRef 201301HT20966
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019010179411 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.