B121 crash in Tower Hamlets on 12 January 2022 at 11:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B121 in Tower Hamlets at 11:00 on Wednesday 12 January 2022. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2022
- Wednesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51696, longitude -0.04263, 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
- 2022010354408
- 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
- 121
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2023.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B121 in Tower Hamlets, 23 April 2023
3 m awayRef 2023010439164
Slight
Van crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 8 February 1985
8 m awayRef 198501HD00024
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B121 in Tower Hamlets, 8 January 1991
9 m awayRef 199101HD00008
Serious
Car crash on the B121 in Tower Hamlets, 14 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010609503
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B121 in Tower Hamlets, 24 January 2018
11 m awayRef 2018010085615
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 26 August 1983
11 m awayRef 1983010HD0255
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- 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 2022010354408 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 2022.