B120 crash in Tower Hamlets on 13 May 2019 at 17:55 involving a Ford Focus
A bicycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets at 17:55 on Monday 13 May 2019. The 36-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2019
- Monday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52214, longitude -0.04673, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Dunstan's, Tower Hamlets, E1 3NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010180759
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 11
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2009.
Slight
Van crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 15 April 2009
4 m awayRef 200901HT20171
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 21 November 1992
13 m awayRef 199201HB00257
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 16 May 2025
14 m awayRef 2025010575456
Slight
Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A) crash on the A11 in Tower Hamlets, 7 August 2025
16 m awayRef 2025010591406
Slight
Car crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 15 December 1986
18 m awayRef 198601HB00304
Slight
Car crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 25 January 1989
18 m awayRef 198901HB00020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019010180759 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.