A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 8 June 2019 at 19:39 involving a Mini One
A Mini One, a Renault Clio and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 19:39 on Saturday 8 June 2019. The 20-year-old male driver of the Mini One and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Mini One were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jun 2019
- Saturday, 19:39
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mini One and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51143, longitude 0.00016, 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 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010186153
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1261
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2018.
Slight
BMW M4 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 24 November 2018
5 m awayRef 2018010147835
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 15 November 2019
14 m awayRef 2019010218568
Slight
Honda SH125 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 31 January 2017
16 m awayRef 2017010015436
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1263 in Tower Hamlets, 13 March 2024
16 m awayRef 2024010499624
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 28 January 2017
19 m awayRef 2017010014956
Slight
Lexus IS 250 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 16 April 2025
22 m awayRef 2025010569842
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 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: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
- 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 2019010186153 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.