A201 crash in the City of London on 30 September 2016 at 19:00 involving a Volvo bus
A bicycle and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A201 in the City of London at 19:00 on Friday 30 September 2016. The 42-year-old male cyclist was 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
- 30 Sep 2016
- Friday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51138, longitude -0.10468, in the EC4Y postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borough & Bankside, Southwark, SE1 9JW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of London
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016480118708
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 201
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 3211
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 serious injury crash on 18 April 2016.
Serious
BMW M4 crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 18 April 2016
At the same spotRef 2016480069218
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 5 August 2019
3 m awayRef 2019480911471
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 13 September 2019
5 m awayRef 2019480927723
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A201 in the City of London, 16 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025481710130
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 15 January 2018
7 m awayRef 2018480336482
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3211 in the City of London, 21 August 1980
10 m awayRef 198048P436080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 10,838 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 42, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016480118708 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2016.