A401 crash in Islington on 10 January 1992 at 12:40 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A401 in Islington at 12:40 on Friday 10 January 1992. The 64-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jan 1992
- Friday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52546, longitude -0.11032, in the EC1R postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201ND00013
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 401
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2025.
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A401 in Islington, 11 June 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010579921
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A401 in Islington, 11 December 2020
9 m awayRef 2020010285176
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A401 in Islington, 5 April 2007
10 m awayRef 200701EO40714
Slight
Bus crash on the A401 in Islington, 23 December 1985
10 m awayRef 198501ND00766
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A401 in Islington, 22 June 2001
10 m awayRef 200101NI00757
Slight
Toyota Previa crash on the A401 in Islington, 27 June 2003
10 m awayRef 200301EO01145
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 64, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 199201ND00013 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 1992.