A1268 crash in Tower Hamlets on 26 August 2020 at 19:33 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A1268 in Tower Hamlets at 19:33 on Wednesday 26 August 2020. The 25-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2020
- Wednesday, 19:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51108, longitude 0.0008, in the E14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackwall & Cubitt Town, Tower Hamlets, E14 2DT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010264181
- 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
- 1268
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1261
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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 12 June 2021.
Slight
Honda NSS crash on the A1020 in Tower Hamlets, 12 June 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010313246
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 15 March 2014
5 m awayRef 201401HT20214
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1268 in Tower Hamlets, 28 July 2010
5 m awayRef 201001HT20520
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 7 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010608088
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1020 in Tower Hamlets, 28 June 2000
5 m awayRef 200001HT00572
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 20 November 1999
5 m awayRef 199901HT02100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 25, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2020010264181 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.