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Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 1HE area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 4,460 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Whitechapel ward, Tower Hamlets, from 2001 to 2025, with 5,069 casualties. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 572 were serious.

In 2025 there were 160 collisions here, down from 178 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
4,460
4th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
5,069
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
15 people killed
Collisions in 2025
160
Down 10% on 2024

Crash severity at the E1 1HE hotspot

587 of the 4,460 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal150.3%
  • Serious57213%
  • Slight3,87387%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
15
Seriously injured
594
Slightly injured
4,460
All casualties
5,069

Accidents by year at the E1 1HE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 228 in 2017, against an average of 178 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the E1 1HE hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 160
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025160183
2024178196
2023172192
2022186213
2021191217
2020154165
2019200227
2018223251
2017228261
2016175201
2015203231
2014219249
2013180201
2012219264
2011199208
2010186199
2009147169
2008192227
2007139157
2006130161
2005141171
2004135149
2003137154
2002169193
2001197230

Map of crashes at the E1 1HE hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near E1 1HE.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 1HE area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the E1 1HE hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Whitechapel
Council area
Tower Hamlets
Nearest postcode to the centre
E1 1HE
Postcode district
E1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.51536, -0.06256
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
29 December 2025
Rank by collisions
4th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the E1 1HE hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A11, with 1,489 of 4,460, followed by the A13 with 1,115.

Collisions at the E1 1HE hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA111,4891,6867212
2ndA131,1151,2593150
3rdB108329373339
4thA1203305358039
5thB126210226032
6thA1202138162115
7thB134606317
8thA107101101
9thB1398802

Towns near the E1 1HE hotspot

All 4,460 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Tower Hamlets.

Accident hotspots near E1 1HE

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Spitalfields & Banglatown, Tower Hamlets, E1 6RT area, 0.8 km away, with 1,033 collisions.

All 4,460 crashes at the E1 1HE hotspot

Newest first, from 1 January 2001 to 29 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity