A107 crash in Tower Hamlets on 24 July 2023 at 11:50 involving a Honda NC750 motorcycle
A Honda NC750 motorcycle, a Peugeot Expert van and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets at 11:50 on Monday 24 July 2023. The 50-year-old male rider of the Honda NC750 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2023
- Monday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda NC750 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52522, longitude -0.05503, in the E2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bethnal Green West, Tower Hamlets, E2 0BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010456960
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 April 1998.
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 3 April 1998
7 m awayRef 199801HT00168
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 21 January 2005
7 m awayRef 200501HT20074
Slight
Car crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 2 August 2007
7 m awayRef 200701HT66635
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 31 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010619188
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 6 July 2015
9 m awayRef 201501HT20636
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 12 December 2007
18 m awayRef 200701HT68902
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda NC750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 745 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Expert
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda NC750)
- 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 2023010456960 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.