A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 30 September 2020 at 06:35 involving a Yamaha FZ6 motorcycle
A Yamaha FZ6 motorcycle and a Renault Trafic van were involved in a crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 06:35 on Wednesday 30 September 2020. The 50-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZ6 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Sep 2020
- Wednesday, 06:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha FZ6 and Renault Trafic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50853, longitude -0.00396, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 0ER area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010270909
- 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
- 1261
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2018.
Slight
Honda AFS1102SH crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 3 September 2018
4 m awayRef 2018010130400
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 19 December 2014
8 m awayRef 201401HT21189
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 6 October 2016
15 m awayRef 2016010030015
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 7 August 2017
15 m awayRef 2017010052506
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 17 November 2024
20 m awayRef 2024010544034
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets, 5 October 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010601993
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZ6
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZ6)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2020010270909 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.