A1201 crash in Islington on 15 May 2015 at 20:43 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a car were involved in a crash on the A1201 in Islington at 20:43 on Friday 15 May 2015. The 38-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, the male driver of the car and a male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2015
- Friday, 20:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55828, longitude -0.09872, in the N5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Arsenal, Islington, N4 2DX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501EO40319
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1201
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 1994.
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the A1201 in Islington, 30 October 1994
At the same spotRef 199401NH00406
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1201 in Islington, 7 October 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010063129
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1201 in Islington, 8 May 1998
At the same spotRef 199801NH00185
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the A1201 in Islington, 13 April 2021
2 m awayRef 2021010301458
Slight
Car crash on the A1201 in Islington, 10 March 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010168246
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1201 in Islington, 6 May 2009
10 m awayRef 200901EO40244
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 201501EO40319 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 2015.