B166 crash in Newham on 4 June 2019 at 05:30 involving a Yamaha YP 250 R motorcycle
A Yamaha YP 250 R motorcycle and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on the B166 in Newham at 05:30 on Tuesday 4 June 2019. The 27-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YP 250 R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jun 2019
- Tuesday, 05:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YP 250 R and London Taxis Int. TX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52341, longitude 0.02259, in the E13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plaistow West & Canning Town East, Newham, E13 0FH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Newham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010185596
- Council area
- Newham
- 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
- 166
- Road type
- Single 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 serious injury crash on 21 May 2007.
Serious
Car crash on the B166 in Newham, 21 May 2007
4 m awayRef 200701KF60301
Serious
Car crash on the B166 in Newham, 17 July 1987
4 m awayRef 198701KE00284
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B166 in Newham, 1 June 1999
4 m awayRef 199901KO00283
Slight
Car crash on the B166 in Newham, 14 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025010603670
Slight
Ford Cougar crash on the B166 in Newham, 8 January 2016
9 m awayRef 201601KF60021
Slight
Nissan Stanza crash on the B166 in Newham, 18 April 2000
9 m awayRef 200001KO00185
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YP 250 R
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 249 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YP 250 R)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019010185596 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2019.