B135 crash in Tower Hamlets on 30 March 2021 at 19:09 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 crashed on the B135 in Tower Hamlets at 19:09 on Tuesday 30 March 2021. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2021
- Tuesday, 19:09
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.529, longitude -0.04737, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets, E2 0FA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010299206
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 135
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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 10 June 1997.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 10 June 1997
4 m awayRef 199701HT00284
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 1 May 1995
4 m awayRef 199501HB00072
Slight
Car crash on the B119 in Tower Hamlets, 18 February 1984
4 m awayRef 198401HB00032
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 13 June 1997
4 m awayRef 199701HT00292
Serious
Van crash on the B119 in Tower Hamlets, 6 March 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010HB0053
Slight
MCW crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 16 June 1997
4 m awayRef 199701HT00306
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2021010299206 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 2021.