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A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 10 March 2020 at 08:40 involving a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle

A Triumph Bonneville motorcycle and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 08:40 on Tuesday 10 March 2020. The 42-year-old male rider of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 2020
Tuesday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Triumph Bonneville and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50973, longitude -0.05679, 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
2020010241197
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
1203
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 9 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Bonneville

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Bonneville)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2020010241197 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 2020.