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Serious B500 crash in the City of London on 26 September 2012 at 07:17 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the B500 in the City of London at 07:17 on Wednesday 26 September 2012. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Sep 2012
Wednesday, 07:17
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5196, longitude -0.1016, in the EC1M postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bunhill, Islington, EC1Y 0TJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of London

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201CP00292
Council area
City of London
Police force
City of London
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
500
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201201CP00292 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2012.