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A1 crash in Islington on 21 November 1990 at 08:30 involving an Austin Taxi

An Austin Taxi crashed on the A1 in Islington at 08:30 on Wednesday 21 November 1990. A 27-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 1990
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Austin Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54622, longitude -0.1034, in the N5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199001ND00734
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 4 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,520 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin 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 199001ND00734 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 1990.