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A1211 crash in the City of London on 5 July 2003 at 08:30 involving a Scania bus

A Scania bus and a BMW R 850 R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1211 in the City of London at 08:30 on Saturday 5 July 2003. A 22-year-old female passenger on the BMW R 850 R motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jul 2003
Saturday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Scania and BMW R 850 R
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51634, longitude -0.08358, in the EC2M postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301CP00158
Council area
City of London
Police force
City of London
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1211
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 16 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW R 850 R

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    850 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (BMW R 850 R)

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 200301CP00158 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 2003.