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A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 3 February 2022 at 21:55 involving a Volkswagen UP

A Volkswagen UP and an Iveco Daily van were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 21:55 on Thursday 3 February 2022. The 44-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen UP and a male passenger in the Volkswagen UP were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 2022
Thursday, 21:55
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen UP and Iveco Daily
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51287, longitude -0.00034, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poplar, Tower Hamlets, E14 0ER area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022010358420
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
13
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1268

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco Daily

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2022010358420 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.