Skip to main content
CrashStats

C road crash in Camden NW1 on 17 August 1985 at 00:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Camden at 00:30 on Saturday 17 August 1985. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1985
Saturday, 00:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5371, longitude -0.14661, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501EK00426
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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 29 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198501EK00426 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 1985.