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A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 26 August 2023 at 10:05 involving a Mercedes Cla Class

A Mercedes Cla Class crashed on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 10:05 on Saturday 26 August 2023. The 48-year-old male driver and a passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 2023
Saturday, 10:05
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Cla Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50743, longitude -0.01557, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010462555
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
A
First road number
1261
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Cla Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Cla Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Cla Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2023010462555 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.