B121 crash in Tower Hamlets on 9 May 2022 at 04:00 involving a bicycle
A bicycle crashed on the B121 in Tower Hamlets at 04:00 on Monday 9 May 2022. The 53-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2022
- Monday, 04:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51778, longitude -0.0433, 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
- 2022010375461
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2000.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 20 December 2000
4 m awayRef 200001HT01225
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 28 November 1988
9 m awayRef 198801HD00385
Slight
Car crash on the B121 in Tower Hamlets, 19 March 1984
9 m awayRef 198401HD00085
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 18 December 2001
9 m awayRef 200101HT09013
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 28 September 2003
9 m awayRef 200301HT00687
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 20 September 2006
9 m awayRef 200601HT20554
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 53, 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 2022010375461 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.