B127 crash in Tower Hamlets on 27 October 2019 at 18:45 involving a Ford Kuga
A motorcycle and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the B127 in Tower Hamlets at 18:45 on Sunday 27 October 2019. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2019
- Sunday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53284, longitude -0.05394, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green West, Tower Hamlets, E2 0BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010214790
- 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
- 127
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 23 March 2022.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 23 March 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010366979
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 14 July 2013
8 m awayRef 201301HT20520
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 26 March 1996
8 m awayRef 199601HT00133
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 12 June 2013
8 m awayRef 201301HT20384
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B127 in Tower Hamlets, 5 October 2009
8 m awayRef 200901HT20629
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 10 June 2011
8 m awayRef 201101HT20362
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2019010214790 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.