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Serious unclassified road crash in Islington N7 on 17 July 2003 at 10:30 involving a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Islington at 10:30 on Thursday 17 July 2003. The 31-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 2003
Thursday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX636 and Honda Prelude
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54678, longitude -0.11936, in the N7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caledonian, Islington, N1 1BF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301EO01405
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

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
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 30 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX636

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    636 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX636)

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 200301EO01405 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 2003.