A1200 crash in Hackney on 14 July 2015 at 16:50 involving a Ford Galaxy taxi
A Ford Galaxy taxi and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1200 in Hackney at 16:50 on Tuesday 14 July 2015. The 34-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle 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
- 14 Jul 2015
- Tuesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52976, longitude -0.08693, in the N1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, N1 6RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501GD10608
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1200
- 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1987.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1200 in Hackney, 12 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198701GH00206
Slight
Wrightbus Streetdeck crash on the A1200 in Hackney, 26 July 2019
14 m awayRef 2019010195998
Slight
Yamaha YP crash on the A1200 in Hackney, 21 June 2022
15 m awayRef 2022010383839
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1200 in Hackney, 16 July 2018
20 m awayRef 2018010121250
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1200 in Hackney, 24 June 1991
22 m awayRef 199101GH00288
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1200 in Hackney, 8 August 1985
22 m awayRef 198501GH00410
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
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 201501GD10608 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2015.