A5203 crash in Islington on 16 December 2014 at 14:42 involving a Honda SES125 motorcycle
A car and a Honda SES125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5203 in Islington at 14:42 on Tuesday 16 December 2014. The 25-year-old male rider of the Honda SES125 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
- 16 Dec 2014
- Tuesday, 14:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda SES125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53417, longitude -0.11787, in the N1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the King's Cross, Camden, WC1H 8EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401EO40918
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5203
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2014.
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A5203 in Islington, 27 July 2014
At the same spotRef 201401EO40570
Slight
Car crash on the A5203 in Islington, 23 July 2009
At the same spotRef 200901EO40438
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A5203 in Islington, 8 September 2012
At the same spotRef 201201EO40540
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A5203 in Islington, 18 October 2012
At the same spotRef 201201TB01078
Serious
BMW IX crash on the A5203 in Islington, 11 June 2023
3 m awayRef 2023010448272
Slight
Volvo crash on the A5203 in Islington, 4 April 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010567710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Honda SES125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SES125)
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 201401EO40918 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 2014.