A503 crash in Islington on 1 June 2013 at 00:30 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi
A Toyota Avensis taxi and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A503 in Islington at 00:30 on Saturday 1 June 2013. The 28-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and a 31-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2013
- Saturday, 00:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55545, longitude -0.12204, 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
- 201301EO40301
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- Road type
- One way street
- 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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2012.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A503 in Islington, 27 December 2012
At the same spotRef 201201EO40827
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Islington, 2 May 1986
At the same spotRef 198601NH00174
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on the A503 in Islington, 11 August 1996
At the same spotRef 199601NI00440
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A503 in Islington, 19 October 1997
At the same spotRef 199701NH00409
Slight
Honda C90-N crash on the A503 in Islington, 6 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200401EO00316
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A503 in Islington, 29 October 2015
At the same spotRef 201501EO49078
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,348 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201301EO40301 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 2013.