Serious C road crash in Tower Hamlets E14 on 21 May 2019 at 18:00 involving a Renault Trafic van
A bicycle and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets at 18:00 on Tuesday 21 May 2019. The 33-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 May 2019
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5137, longitude -0.02002, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010182301
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2023.
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 16 May 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010444784
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 10 May 2008
4 m awayRef 200801HT72889
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 22 December 1988
4 m awayRef 198801HH00638
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 13 September 1993
4 m awayRef 199301HH00356
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 10 May 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010574164
Slight
Mercedes Cla Class crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 31 January 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010556807
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2019010182301 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.