Serious B515 crash in Islington on 28 February 1992 at 17:50 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the B515 in Islington at 17:50 on Friday 28 February 1992. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Feb 1992
- Friday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5397, longitude -0.10656, in the N1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199201ND00116
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 515
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B515 in Islington, 24 June 1999
At the same spotRef 199901NI00361
Slight
Car crash on the B515 in Islington, 20 May 1992
10 m awayRef 199201NI00294
Slight
Honda SH 125 crash on the B515 in Islington, 12 August 2025
18 m awayRef 2025010591632
Serious
Lorry crash on the B515 in Islington, 18 October 1983
20 m awayRef 1983010ND0588
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B515 in Islington, 13 January 2018
20 m awayRef 2018010083300
Slight
Honda CB600F crash on the B515 in Islington, 11 July 2003
20 m awayRef 200301EO01193
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 199201ND00116 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.