B509 crash in Camden on 25 December 2016 at 11:40 involving a Ford Galaxy taxi
A Ford Galaxy taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the B509 in Camden at 11:40 on Sunday 25 December 2016. The 56-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2016
- Sunday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54161, longitude -0.17366, in the NW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belsize, Camden, NW3 5EX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010008757
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 509
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 41
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2015.
Slight
Bus crash on the A41 in Camden, 7 April 2015
10 m awayRef 201501EK40256
Slight
Lexus RX400 crash on the B525 in Camden, 9 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200901CW11366
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A41 in Camden, 5 March 1998
10 m awayRef 199801EH00094
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A41 in Camden, 13 November 2015
10 m awayRef 201501EK41052
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A41 in Camden, 8 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200001EK01034
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B509 in Camden, 3 May 2014
14 m awayRef 201401EK40420
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2016010008757 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 2016.