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A1209 crash in Tower Hamlets on 3 December 2023 at 11:45 involving a BMW 1 Series

A BMW 1 Series hit a pedestrian on the A1209 in Tower Hamlets at 11:45 on Sunday 3 December 2023. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2023
Sunday, 11:45
Vehicles
1
BMW 1 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52681, longitude -0.06119, 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
2023010481735
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
1209
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
Raining, no high winds

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2023010481735 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.