A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 18 January 2022 at 15:25 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 15:25 on Tuesday 18 January 2022. The 44-year-old male cyclist 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
- 18 Jan 2022
- Tuesday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52537, longitude -0.0711, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weavers, Tower Hamlets, E2 7LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010355418
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 1209
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2008.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 21 May 2008
13 m awayRef 200801HT72593
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 27 September 2008
13 m awayRef 200801HT75032
Slight
Gilera Runner 125 crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 26 February 2002
19 m awayRef 200201HT00199
Slight
Taxi crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 19 May 2012
20 m awayRef 201201HT20303
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 1 March 2000
20 m awayRef 200001HT00402
Slight
MZ crash on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets, 5 March 1990
20 m awayRef 199001HB00040
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 44, 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 2022010355418 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.