A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 12 November 2019 at 07:28 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 07:28 on Tuesday 12 November 2019. The 43-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2019
- Tuesday, 07:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51271, longitude 0.00041, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canning Town North, Newham, E16 4ES area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010217759
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1268
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2003.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 22 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200301HT09130
Serious
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 1 August 2019
11 m awayRef 2019010197287
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 15 February 2025
15 m awayRef 2025010565679
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 3 October 2020
17 m awayRef 2020010271729
Slight
Van crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 29 August 1991
18 m awayRef 199101HH00404
Slight
Bus crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 22 June 1985
18 m awayRef 198501HH00269
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010217759 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.