A503 crash in Camden on 2 August 2017 at 14:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A503 in Camden at 14:50 on Wednesday 2 August 2017. The 19-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2017
- Wednesday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54686, longitude -0.13205, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camden Square, Camden, NW1 9XL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010051773
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 4 September 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 4 September 1985
10 m awayRef 198501EK00465
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A503 in Camden, 14 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200001EK01478
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A503 in Camden, 7 October 2002
14 m awayRef 200201EO01291
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A503 in Camden, 25 March 2015
20 m awayRef 201501EK40262
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A503 in Camden, 7 September 1995
20 m awayRef 199501EK00467
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 4 May 1988
20 m awayRef 198801EK00218
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017010051773 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 2017.