A1 crash in Islington on 19 September 2012 at 17:30 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in Islington at 17:30 on Wednesday 19 September 2012. The 23-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2012
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55022, longitude -0.10941, in the N7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holloway, Islington, N7 9ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201EO40567
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 1994.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1 in Islington, 15 March 1994
At the same spotRef 199401NH00094
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in Islington, 8 August 2009
At the same spotRef 200901EO40501
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A1 in Islington, 13 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201001EO40631
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in Islington, 13 September 2014
At the same spotRef 201401EO40653
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Islington, 27 May 2009
At the same spotRef 200901TA00054
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Islington, 5 February 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010ND0087
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
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 201201EO40567 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 2012.