A1201 crash in Islington on 28 October 2015 at 18:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1201 in Islington at 18:25 on Wednesday 28 October 2015. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Oct 2015
- Wednesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55999, longitude -0.09865, 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
- 201501EO40832
- 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
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 November 1993.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1201 in Islington, 9 November 1993
At the same spotRef 199301NH00454
Slight
Car crash on the A1201 in Islington, 29 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200301EO00765
Slight
Nissan E24 crash on the A1201 in Islington, 14 May 1996
At the same spotRef 199601NH00213
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A1201 in Islington, 12 December 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010614956
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1201 in Islington, 2 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200401EO00158
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A1201 in Islington, 4 October 2011
10 m awayRef 201101EO40587
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201501EO40832 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.