B120 crash in Tower Hamlets on 10 October 2021 at 12:15 involving a Honda NSC motorcycle
A bicycle and a Honda NSC motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets at 12:15 on Sunday 10 October 2021. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 2021
- Sunday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Honda NSC
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52391, longitude -0.04828, in the E1 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, E1 4HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010336606
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2000.
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 20 July 2000
11 m awayRef 200001HT00654
Slight
Car crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 25 November 2015
11 m awayRef 201501HT21041
Slight
Renault Master crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 21 February 2020
18 m awayRef 2020010237813
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 15 July 1991
20 m awayRef 199101HB00143
Slight
Car crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 25 June 1987
20 m awayRef 198701HB00136
Slight
Car crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 31 October 2025
22 m awayRef 2025010606819
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NSC
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 26, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2021010336606 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.