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A100 crash in Tower Hamlets on 5 October 2019 at 02:15 involving a Toyota Auris taxi

A Toyota Auris taxi and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A100 in Tower Hamlets at 02:15 on Saturday 5 October 2019. The 57-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris taxi 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
5 Oct 2019
Saturday, 02:15
Vehicles
2
Toyota Auris and BMW 5 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50981, longitude -0.07493, in the EC3N postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Candlewick, City of London, EC4R 9AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010209771
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
100
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris

    Taxi or private hire car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Engine capacity
    2,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019010209771 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.