A107 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 July 2022 at 02:58 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Hyundai Ioniq and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets at 02:58 on Sunday 24 July 2022. The 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2022
- Sunday, 02:58
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52194, longitude -0.0556, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green East, Tower Hamlets, E1 4HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010390131
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 107
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 18 August 2019.
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 18 August 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010200302
Slight
Honda SH125 crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 18 September 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010268672
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 27 February 2001
5 m awayRef 200101HT00234
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 16 August 2015
5 m awayRef 201501HT20726
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 4 March 2017
7 m awayRef 2017010022685
Serious
BMW X6 crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 11 February 2017
7 m awayRef 2017010017551
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Ioniq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2022010390131 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.