A5201 crash in Islington on 19 December 2016 at 07:45 involving a bicycle
Two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A5201 in Islington at 07:45 on Monday 19 December 2016. The 30-year-old male cyclist and the 29-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2016
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52542, longitude -0.08882, in the EC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010007646
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5201
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2003.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A5201 in Islington, 30 June 2003
At the same spotRef 200301EO01542
Slight
Car crash on the A5201 in Islington, 1 December 2013
At the same spotRef 201301EO40770
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5201 in Islington, 9 July 2013
At the same spotRef 201301EO40407
Slight
Car crash on the A5201 in Islington, 5 April 2007
At the same spotRef 200701EO40327
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5201 in Islington, 8 September 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010ND0498
Slight
Iveco crash on the A5201 in Islington, 26 November 2014
At the same spotRef 201401EO40842
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 30, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 29, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016010007646 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 2016.