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A1261 crash in Tower Hamlets on 21 November 2024 at 22:16 involving a Ford Transit

A Ford Transit and a Suzuki UK 110 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1261 in Tower Hamlets at 22:16 on Thursday 21 November 2024. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki UK 110 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 2024
Thursday, 22:16
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Suzuki UK 110
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.511, longitude 0.00076, in the E14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackwall & Cubitt Town, Tower Hamlets, E14 2DT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024010544889
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1261
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1268

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki UK 110

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    113 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki UK 110)

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 2024010544889 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 2024.