A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 28 June 2019 at 22:52 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 22:52 on Friday 28 June 2019. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jun 2019
- Friday, 22:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5072, longitude -0.01561, 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
- 2019010190255
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 11 November 2017
8 m awayRef 2017010069427
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 26 September 2004
8 m awayRef 200401TC00887
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 30 September 2022
10 m awayRef 2022010401950
Slight
Porsche Cayenne crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 2 October 2015
15 m awayRef 201501HT20932
Slight
Kawasaki ZR800 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 4 May 2016
18 m awayRef 201601HT20510
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 23 January 2019
22 m awayRef 2019010159229
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2019010190255 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.