A1205 crash in Tower Hamlets on 20 October 2025 at 15:05 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets at 15:05 on Monday 20 October 2025. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Monday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51724, longitude -0.02968, in the E3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bromley North, Tower Hamlets, E3 4RF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010604757
- Council area
- Tower Hamlets
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 140
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2025.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 21 March 2025
At the same spotRef 2025010565229
Slight
Car crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 9 February 2019
At the same spotRef 2019010162524
Slight
Car crash on the B140 in Tower Hamlets, 8 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010573820
Serious
Bus crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 20 October 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010606157
Slight
Dennis crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 15 May 2007
4 m awayRef 200701HT20310
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the A1205 in Tower Hamlets, 14 August 2017
4 m awayRef 2017010054044
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025010604757 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.