A401 crash in Camden on 2 August 2012 at 17:30 involving a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle
A Honda Pes 125 motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A401 in Camden at 17:30 on Thursday 2 August 2012. The 31-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2012
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Pes 125 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51577, longitude -0.12612, in the WC2H postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201EK40425
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 401
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 401
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 1994.
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A40 in Camden, 14 December 1994
At the same spotRef 199401EO00502
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A401 in Camden, 24 February 1988
At the same spotRef 198801EO00089
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A401 in Camden, 24 August 1988
At the same spotRef 198801EO00429
Slight
Car crash on the A401 in Camden, 16 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601EO00529
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A401 in Camden, 17 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199901EO00129
Slight
Honda CB600 Hornet crash on the A40 in Camden, 21 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200501EO40087
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda Pes 125)
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 201201EK40425 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.