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Unclassified road crash in Tower Hamlets E1 on 7 May 2020 at 18:17 involving a Hyundai Ioniq taxi

A Hyundai Ioniq taxi and a Honda WW125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets at 18:17 on Thursday 7 May 2020. The 25-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Ioniq taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 2020
Thursday, 18:17
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Ioniq and Honda WW125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51714, longitude -0.07038, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 1HE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020010247774
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
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
134

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Ioniq

    Taxi or private hire car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda WW125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Ioniq)

    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 2020010247774 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.