B126 crash in Tower Hamlets on 6 August 2025 at 20:05 involving a Toyota BZ4X
A bicycle and a Toyota BZ4X were involved in a crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets at 20:05 on Wednesday 6 August 2025. The 33-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Aug 2025
- Wednesday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Toyota BZ4X
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51091, longitude -0.05379, in the E1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, E1W 3EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tower Hamlets
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010591099
- 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
- 126
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 28 March 2025.
Slight
Cupra Formentor crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 28 March 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010567163
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 28 October 2009
6 m awayRef 200901HT20660
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 9 March 2004
6 m awayRef 200401HT00174
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 21 June 2016
6 m awayRef 201601HT20524
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Tower Hamlets, 15 March 2012
6 m awayRef 201201HT20152
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B126 in Tower Hamlets, 22 January 2016
6 m awayRef 201601HT20043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota BZ4X
Car
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 33, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 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 2025010591099 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.