B135 crash in Tower Hamlets on 2 March 2025 at 23:15 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets at 23:15 on Sunday 2 March 2025. The 32-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Mar 2025
- Sunday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52797, longitude -0.05103, 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
- 2025010562397
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 135
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2019.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 16 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019010218953
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 17 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010194264
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 22 February 2008
6 m awayRef 200801HT69727
Slight
Car crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 15 December 1994
6 m awayRef 199401HB00302
Slight
Car crash on the B120 in Tower Hamlets, 29 August 2007
6 m awayRef 200701HT66036
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets, 23 January 1995
6 m awayRef 199501HB00011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 32, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025010562397 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 2025.