The smash happened shortly before 7.05pm at the junction with Urswick Road, where an 83-year-old woman was killed under the wheels of a lorry just a week and a half ago.
It caused serious traffic delays, with Urswick Road and Homerton High Street closed and long queues between Lower Clapton Road and Ponsford Street.
A police spokesman said: “Police were called at 1905 hours on Sunday March 20 to Lower Clapton Road at the junction with Urswick Road following reports of a collision.
“Officers, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade were in attendance and discovered a car in collision with a lamppost
“It is believed that the car also struck several other vehicles the driver was taken to an east London hospital with minor injuries.”
No arrests have been made.
Bus diversions were in place.
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