B518 crash in Camden on 8 July 2016 at 15:50 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the B518 in Camden at 15:50 on Friday 8 July 2016. The 60-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis and an 82-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2016
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55319, longitude -0.16093, in the NW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gospel Oak, Camden, NW3 2XB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601EK40484
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 518
- Road type
- One way street
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1986.
Slight
Van crash on the B518 in Camden, 5 April 1986
14 m awayRef 198601EH00133
Slight
Car crash on the B518 in Camden, 8 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198901EH00494
Slight
Car crash on the B518 in Camden, 26 January 1987
20 m awayRef 198701EH00027
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the B518 in Camden, 11 April 2014
22 m awayRef 201401EK40277
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B518 in Camden, 16 July 1998
22 m awayRef 199801EH00224
Serious
Car crash on the B518 in Camden, 5 June 2006
22 m awayRef 200601EO40591
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201601EK40484 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.