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Serious A5200 crash in Islington on 27 December 1982 at 19:30 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on the A5200 in Islington at 19:30 on Monday 27 December 1982. A 72-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Dec 1982
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54307, longitude -0.12574, in the N7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982010ND0769
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5200
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1982010ND0769 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 1982.