A503 crash in Islington on 27 December 1986 at 23:25 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A503 in Islington at 23:25 on Saturday 27 December 1986. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1986; Saturday, 23:25
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198601NH00540
Council area: Islington
Police force: Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 503
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Crossroads
Junction control: Auto traffic signal
Second road class: B
Second road number: 110

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
North West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
50 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Nearside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
13 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198601NH00540 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 1986.