A5200 crash in Camden on 31 August 2015 at 00:37 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A Toyota Prius taxi hit two pedestrians on the A5200 in Camden at 00:37 on Monday 31 August 2015. A 20-year-old female pedestrian and a 20-year-old female pedestrian were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2015
- Monday, 00:37
- Vehicles
- 1
- Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54253, longitude -0.12591, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caledonian, Islington, N1 1BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501EK40758
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5200
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1999.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5200 in Camden, 23 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199901EK00402
Slight
HGV crash on the A5200 in Camden, 25 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200501EO41342
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A5200 in Camden, 25 October 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010141282
Serious
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A5200 in Camden, 27 February 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010561269
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5200 in Camden, 25 July 1995
10 m awayRef 199501NI00393
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5200 in Camden, 21 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199501NI00711
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 201501EK40758 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.