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B500 crash in the City of London on 30 November 2002 at 00:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on the B500 in the City of London at 00:10 on Saturday 30 November 2002. The male driver of the car 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 private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Nov 2002
Saturday, 00:10
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51918, longitude -0.10306, in the EC1M postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of London

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201EO01722
Council area
City of London
Police force
City of London
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
500
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 11 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200201EO01722 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2002.