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Serious A1 crash in Islington on 20 December 2012 at 05:44 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1

A London Taxis Int. TX1 hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Islington at 05:44 on Thursday 20 December 2012. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 2012
Thursday, 05:44
Vehicles
1
London Taxis Int. TX1
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55132, longitude -0.11081, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201EO40789
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 24 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201201EO40789 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.