A400 crash in Islington on 20 May 2004 at 08:19 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle
A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A400 in Islington at 08:19 on Thursday 20 May 2004. The 29-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2004
- Thursday, 08:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio Vespa and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55832, longitude -0.13793, in the N19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kentish Town North, Camden, NW5 2QX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401EO00673
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 400
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1995.
Slight
MCW crash on the A400 in Islington, 18 July 1995
At the same spotRef 199501NH00336
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A400 in Islington, 26 November 2004
At the same spotRef 200401EO01717
Slight
Gilera Dna 125 crash on the A400 in Islington, 16 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200201EO01844
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A400 in Islington, 27 October 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010025126
Slight
Car crash on the A400 in Islington, 23 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200601EO41423
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A400 in Islington, 1 October 1997
At the same spotRef 199701NH00411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)
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 200401EO00673 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 2004.