B140 crash in Tower Hamlets on 4 November 2021 at 17:36 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane crashed on the B140 in Tower Hamlets at 17:36 on Thursday 4 November 2021. The 25-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2021
- Thursday, 17:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51807, longitude -0.03908, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Dunstan's, Tower Hamlets, E1 3NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010341733
- 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
- 140
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1984.
Slight
Taxi crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 1 March 1984
3 m awayRef 198401HD00068
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 19 November 1983
3 m awayRef 1983010HD0346
Serious
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 25 February 1984
3 m awayRef 198401HD00054
Serious
Saab 900 crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 20 June 1994
3 m awayRef 199401HD00141
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 3 September 1984
8 m awayRef 198401HD00268
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 13 December 2007
8 m awayRef 200701HT68445
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- 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 2021010341733 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.