A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 5 November 2019 at 17:00 involving a Toyota Prius
A bicycle and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 17:00 on Tuesday 5 November 2019. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2019
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52694, longitude -0.05987, 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
- 2019010217717
- 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
- 1209
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 29 December 2019.
Slight
Nissan Leaf crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 29 December 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010227634
Slight
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 26 August 2016
5 m awayRef 201601HT20817
Fatal
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 23 March 1993
5 m awayRef 199301HB00042
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 8 November 2008
5 m awayRef 200801HT76215
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 3 June 2017
5 m awayRef 2017010041021
Slight
Car crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 8 December 1986
5 m awayRef 198601HB00252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 34, 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 2019010217717 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.