A10 crash in Hackney on 18 December 2017 at 05:40 involving a Wrightbus NB4L
A Wrightbus NB4L and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A10 in Hackney at 05:40 on Monday 18 December 2017. The 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2017
- Monday, 05:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Wrightbus NB4L and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52296, longitude -0.07782, in the EC2A postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. 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 Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010078669
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 10
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1202
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1990.
Slight
Van crash on the A10 in Hackney, 27 July 1990
At the same spotRef 199001GH00427
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 6 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199701GD00055
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 13 April 2008
At the same spotRef 200801GD72394
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A10 in Hackney, 28 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200201GD00265
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 8 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010590963
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A1202 in Hackney, 7 December 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010483726
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus NB4L
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2017010078669 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2017.