A1207 crash in Hackney on 14 November 2021 at 04:40 involving a BMW 5 Series taxi
A BMW 5 Series taxi and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A1207 in Hackney at 04:40 on Sunday 14 November 2021. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2021
- Sunday, 04:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54665, longitude -0.05544, in the E8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Homerton, Hackney, E9 6EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010343853
- Council area
- Hackney
- 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
- 1207
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- A
- Second road number
- 107
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2022.
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the A1207 in Hackney, 22 October 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010405915
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A107 in Hackney, 13 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010609293
Serious
Leyland Aec crash on the A1207 in Hackney, 29 May 1991
5 m awayRef 199101GH00237
Slight
Kawasaki ZG1000 crash on the A1207 in Hackney, 5 July 1996
5 m awayRef 199601GD00315
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1207 in Hackney, 16 August 1989
5 m awayRef 198901GH00454
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A1207 in Hackney, 22 March 2002
5 m awayRef 200201GD00251
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Taxi or private hire car
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightTaxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- 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 2021010343853 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2021.