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A503 crash in Islington on 21 December 2002 at 17:00 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the A503 in Islington at 17:00 on Saturday 21 December 2002. The 23-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2002
Saturday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki SV 650 and Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56253, longitude -0.10934, in the N4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arsenal, Islington, N4 2DX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201EO01657
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
503
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

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 200201EO01657 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 2002.