A107 crash in Tower Hamlets on 3 August 2023 at 19:38 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets at 19:38 on Thursday 3 August 2023. The 20-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2023
- Thursday, 19:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52892, longitude -0.05572, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010458758
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 26 February 2022
3 m awayRef 2022010362403
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 5 April 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010567992
Slight
Van crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 11 April 1989
4 m awayRef 198901HB00073
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 10 September 2015
8 m awayRef 201501HT20803
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 22 January 1991
8 m awayRef 199101HB00017
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A107 in Tower Hamlets, 29 December 2001
8 m awayRef 200101HT09052
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2023010458758 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.