C road crash in Tower Hamlets E14 on 14 April 2022 at 20:14 involving a Lexmoto LXR motorcycle
A Lexmoto LXR motorcycle and a Renault Trucks Master van were involved in a crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets at 20:14 on Thursday 14 April 2022. The 44-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto LXR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Apr 2022
- Thursday, 20:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto LXR and Renault Trucks Master
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50127, longitude -0.02311, in the E14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, E14 9XF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010371649
- 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
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Other
- 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 19 December 2024.
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 19 December 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010550189
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 15 November 2021
4 m awayRef 2021010344087
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 25 July 2005
9 m awayRef 200501HT20480
Slight
Renault Megane crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 28 September 2007
12 m awayRef 200701HT66968
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 11 October 2002
20 m awayRef 200201HT00858
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 6 August 2016
20 m awayRef 201601HT20726
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto LXR
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Trucks Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 44, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto LXR)
- 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 2022010371649 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.