A5205 crash in Camden on 13 October 2015 at 15:59 involving a Lexus NX300
A Lexus NX300 and a Bova Futura bus were involved in a crash on the A5205 in Camden at 15:59 on Tuesday 13 October 2015. The 77-year-old male driver of the Lexus NX300 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2015
- Tuesday, 15:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexus NX300 and Bova Futura
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53715, longitude -0.1554, in the NW1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1 7SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501CW11546
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5205
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 2025.
Serious
Mercedes CLC Class crash on the A5205 in Camden, 14 February 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010559223
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5205 in Camden, 25 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198601DD00590
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5205 in Camden, 30 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199201EK00400
Slight
Van crash on the A5205 in Camden, 6 April 1989
14 m awayRef 198901DD00171
Serious
Mercedes 500 crash on the A5205 in Camden, 17 April 1998
14 m awayRef 199801DM00184
Serious
Car crash on the A5205 in Camden, 24 May 1989
14 m awayRef 198901DD00261
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexus NX300
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bova Futura
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus NX300)
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 201501CW11546 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 2015.