A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 19 September 2019 at 17:50 involving a BMW 4 Series
A bicycle and a BMW 4 Series were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 17:50 on Thursday 19 September 2019. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2019
- Thursday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and BMW 4 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51415, longitude -0.05282, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, E1W 3EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010206394
- 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
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 8 July 2020.
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 8 July 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010255677
Slight
Honda C90M crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 10 June 1994
4 m awayRef 199401HD00129
Slight
Car crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 31 December 1983
4 m awayRef 1983010HD0376
Serious
Car crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 27 May 1988
4 m awayRef 198801HD00162
Serious
Car crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 6 January 2007
6 m awayRef 200701HT20006
Slight
Honda AFS1102SH crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 1 January 2016
6 m awayRef 201601HT20134
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 4 Series
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2019010206394 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.