Serious A1 crash in Islington on 25 July 2006 at 20:07 involving a Honda Civic taxi
A Honda Civic taxi and a Honda VTR1000F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in Islington at 20:07 on Tuesday 25 July 2006. The 37-year-old male rider of the Honda VTR1000F motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jul 2006
- Tuesday, 20:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Honda VTR1000F
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54975, longitude -0.10871, in the N7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holloway, Islington, N7 9ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200601TA00157
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 1998.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Islington, 9 August 1998
At the same spotRef 199801NH00322
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Islington, 17 February 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010NH0069
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Islington, 14 September 1995
At the same spotRef 199501NI00585
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in Islington, 5 August 2005
At the same spotRef 200501EO40846
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A1 in Islington, 13 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199701NH00309
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Islington, 17 May 1993
At the same spotRef 199301NH00171
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Honda VTR1000F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda VTR1000F)
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 200601TA00157 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 2006.