A503 crash in Camden on 30 September 2005 at 07:30 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A503 in Camden at 07:30 on Friday 30 September 2005. The 37-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Sep 2005
- Friday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX1 and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54741, longitude -0.13102, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. 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 Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501EO41097
- Council area
- Camden
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 2003.
Serious
Honda CBR600F crash on the A503 in Camden, 19 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200301EO02154
Serious
Saab 900 crash on the A503 in Camden, 20 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200401EO01620
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A503 in Camden, 2 February 2014
At the same spotRef 201401EK40038
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A503 in Camden, 16 January 1986
At the same spotRef 198601EK00026
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A503 in Camden, 27 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020010270317
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A503 in Camden, 3 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010577758
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
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 200501EO41097 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 2005.