A13 crash in Tower Hamlets on 23 May 2022 at 15:10 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets at 15:10 on Monday 23 May 2022. The 25-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2022
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 5 Series and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5128, longitude -0.04103, 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
- 2022010378131
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 126
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 13 March 1986
4 m awayRef 198601HD00087
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 7 April 2023
5 m awayRef 2023010436414
Serious
Volkswagen UP crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 4 June 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010578751
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 12 July 1989
6 m awayRef 198901HD00253
Slight
Car crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 1 September 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010202667
Serious
BMW 7 Series crash on the A13 in Tower Hamlets, 7 July 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010192044
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2022010378131 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.