Serious B123 crash in Tower Hamlets on 29 November 2022 at 20:00 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets at 20:00 on Tuesday 29 November 2022. The 32-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Nov 2022
- Tuesday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50879, longitude -0.01, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010413590
- 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
- 123
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2021.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets, 10 February 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010292346
Serious
Bus crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets, 3 August 1984
9 m awayRef 198401HH00307
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets, 18 May 1996
9 m awayRef 199601HH00187
Slight
Leyland National crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets, 22 May 1996
11 m awayRef 199601HH00185
Serious
Bus crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets, 8 April 1989
11 m awayRef 198901HH00189
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B123 in Tower Hamlets, 17 November 2003
13 m awayRef 200301HT00818
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 32, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2022010413590 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.