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Serious B134 crash in Tower Hamlets on 28 June 2023 at 10:24 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the B134 in Tower Hamlets at 10:24 on Wednesday 28 June 2023. The 44-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jun 2023
Wednesday, 10:24
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5237, longitude -0.07154, in the E2 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
2023010451968
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023010451968 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.