A501 crash in Camden on 4 March 2012 at 04:48 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on the A501 in Camden at 04:48 on Sunday 4 March 2012. The 63-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Mar 2012
- Sunday, 04:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and London Taxis Int. Txii
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52581, longitude -0.13522, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Pancras & Somers Town, Camden, NW1 2JP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201EK40115
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 501
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2009.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A501 in Camden, 1 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW12021
Slight
Car crash on the A501 in Camden, 6 February 1984
At the same spotRef 198401EK00059
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A501 in Camden, 16 October 2006
At the same spotRef 200601EO41296
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A501 in Camden, 17 December 2023
9 m awayRef 2023010486168
Serious
Mercedes S Class crash on the A501 in Camden, 27 June 2019
9 m awayRef 2019010190092
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A501 in Camden, 28 January 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010EK0056
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201201EK40115 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 2012.