B118 crash in Tower Hamlets on 15 September 2019 at 20:10 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B118 in Tower Hamlets at 20:10 on Sunday 15 September 2019. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2019
- Sunday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53506, longitude -0.03372, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bow East, Tower Hamlets, E3 2RZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010205667
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- 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
- 118
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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 serious injury crash on 15 December 1988.
Serious
Van crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 15 December 1988
8 m awayRef 198801HH00621
Serious
Mercedes Vito crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 8 April 2018
8 m awayRef 2018010100596
Slight
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 9 October 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010602808
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 19 December 2020
9 m awayRef 2020010285609
Slight
Car crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 17 June 1992
10 m awayRef 199201HB00111
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B118 in Tower Hamlets, 10 May 1996
15 m awayRef 199601HH00174
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- 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 2019010205667 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.