Serious A1203 crash in Tower Hamlets on 31 January 2022 at 06:50 involving a Honda CBF 125 motorcycle
A car and a Honda CBF 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets at 06:50 on Monday 31 January 2022. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jan 2022
- Monday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CBF 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50966, longitude -0.05349, in the E1W postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, E1W 3EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010357697
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1203
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 2022.
Serious
Mercedes S Class crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 20 December 2022
1 m awayRef 2022010417538
Slight
BMW X5 crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 6 December 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010223163
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 30 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010600906
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 18 January 2023
4 m awayRef 2023010422166
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 14 February 1989
4 m awayRef 198901HD00051
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1203 in Tower Hamlets, 30 August 1984
4 m awayRef 198401HD00270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBF 125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBF 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010357697 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.