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A5201 crash in Islington on 24 December 2007 at 16:15 involving a Fiat

A Fiat and a Porsche 911 were involved in a crash on the A5201 in Islington at 16:15 on Monday 24 December 2007. The 45-year-old female driver of the Fiat and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Fiat were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2007
Monday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat and Porsche 911
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52211, longitude -0.10625, in the EC1R postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200701EO40987
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5201
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Porsche 911

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    Engine capacity
    3,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200701EO40987 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 2007.