B517 crash in Camden on 25 November 1985 at 18:35 involving a minibus
A minibus hit two pedestrians on the B517 in Camden at 18:35 on Monday 25 November 1985. A 16-year-old female pedestrian and a 13-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 1985
- Monday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Minibus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54635, longitude -0.15114, in the NW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501EK00657
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 517
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2021.
Slight
Bus crash on the B517 in Camden, 2 December 2021
9 m awayRef 2021010347538
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B517 in Camden, 30 January 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010491892
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B517 in Camden, 14 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199801EK00254
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B517 in Camden, 26 October 1990
10 m awayRef 199001EK00601
Fatal
Car crash on the B517 in Camden, 20 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198601EK00724
Serious
Car crash on the B517 in Camden, 10 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198601EK00629
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 198501EK00657 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.