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A503 crash in Islington on 27 October 2004 at 22:30 involving a BMW F 650 GS motorcycle

A BMW F 650 GS motorcycle crashed on the A503 in Islington at 22:30 on Wednesday 27 October 2004. The 46-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 2004
Wednesday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
BMW F 650 GS
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56375, longitude -0.1064, in the N4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brownswood, Hackney, N4 2HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401EO01564
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW F 650 GS

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW F 650 GS)

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 200401EO01564 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.