Skip to main content
CrashStats

B135 crash in Tower Hamlets on 2 December 2025 at 19:40 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle

A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle and a Toyota Auris taxi were involved in a crash on the B135 in Tower Hamlets at 19:40 on Tuesday 2 December 2025. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda GLR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2025
Tuesday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Honda GLR 125 and Toyota Auris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52757, longitude -0.05353, 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

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010613077
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
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
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025010613077 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.