Serious A1 crash in Islington on 14 December 2013 at 21:36 involving a Honda NT650V Deauville motorcycle
A Honda NT650V Deauville motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A1 in Islington at 21:36 on Saturday 14 December 2013. The male rider was seriously injured and a 35-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Dec 2013
- Saturday, 21:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda NT650V Deauville
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54635, longitude -0.10366, in the N5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Laycock, Islington, N1 2AL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201301EO40799
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 22 July 2011.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A1 in Islington, 22 July 2011
At the same spotRef 201101EO40409
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A1 in Islington, 7 April 2014
At the same spotRef 201401EO40200
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Islington, 7 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200301EO01155
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in Islington, 26 May 2004
At the same spotRef 200401EO00733
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1 in Islington, 5 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200501EO41358
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in Islington, 25 July 2002
At the same spotRef 200201EO00708
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda NT650V Deauville
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 647 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda NT650V Deauville)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda NT650V Deauville)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- 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 201301EO40799 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.