A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 23 July 2019 at 17:00 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Honda NSS300A motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 17:00 on Tuesday 23 July 2019. The 57-year-old male rider of the Honda NSS300A motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2019
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Honda NSS300A
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5124, longitude -0.03237, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010197125
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 2023.
Serious
Honda WW125 crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 12 October 2023
At the same spotRef 2023010473224
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 21 April 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010176298
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 24 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018010128819
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 2 February 2004
4 m awayRef 200401TC00092
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 24 July 2009
4 m awayRef 200901HT20409
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 11 August 2011
4 m awayRef 201101TA01444
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NSS300A
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 279 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda NSS300A)
- 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 2019010197125 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.