Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A501 crash in Camden on 4 April 2012 at 17:00 involving a Kawasaki ZR750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZR750 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A501 in Camden at 17:00 on Wednesday 4 April 2012. The 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR750 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 2012
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZR750 and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52471, longitude -0.13959, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201EK40156
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
Slip road
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
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 27 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR750

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    738 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR750)

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 201201EK40156 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.