A124 crash in Newham on 12 December 2021 at 12:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2021
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51783, longitude 0.01221, in the E16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canning Town North, Newham, E16 1PY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010349731
- Council area
- Newham
- 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
- 124
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2004.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A124 in Newham, 22 July 2004
7 m awayRef 200401KO00519
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on the A124 in Newham, 11 February 2022
9 m awayRef 2022010359865
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A124 in Newham, 25 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010611729
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A124 in Newham, 26 January 2003
11 m awayRef 200301KO00058
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A13 in Newham, 19 September 1989
17 m awayRef 198901KO00467
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A124 in Newham, 30 June 2018
19 m awayRef 2018010117853
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 37, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2021010349731 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newham road accident statistics for 2021.