Serious B134 crash in Tower Hamlets on 26 June 2023 at 22:11 involving a Honda NSC motorcycle
A Honda NSC motorcycle and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets at 22:11 on Monday 26 June 2023. The 22-year-old male rider of the Honda NSC motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jun 2023
- Monday, 22:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NSC and Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52031, longitude -0.07187, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spitalfields & Banglatown, Tower Hamlets, E1 6RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010451691
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 134
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2021.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 7 November 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010342219
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 29 June 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010254058
Slight
Honda Insight crash on a C road in Tower Hamlets, 11 July 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010387648
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 27 May 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010249242
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 7 November 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010278267
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the B134 in Tower Hamlets, 7 March 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010562775
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NSC
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda NSC)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023010451691 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 2023.