A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 15 September 2019 at 18:05 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco
A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Honda SCV100F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 18:05 on Sunday 15 September 2019. The 39-year-old male rider of the Honda SCV100F motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2019
- Sunday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Scirocco and Honda SCV100F
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52553, longitude -0.07027, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weavers, Tower Hamlets, E2 7LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010205565
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1209
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2009.
Slight
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 28 September 2009
4 m awayRef 200901HT20594
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 16 January 1995
4 m awayRef 199501HB00013
Serious
Van crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 27 June 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010HB0173
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 19 October 1987
4 m awayRef 198701HB00223
Slight
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 15 March 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010HB0064
Serious
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 24 July 1988
4 m awayRef 198801HB00166
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda SCV100F
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 102 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SCV100F)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010205565 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.