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Serious A40 crash in the City of London on 5 September 2017 at 10:07 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in the City of London at 10:07 on Tuesday 5 September 2017. The 48-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Sep 2017
Tuesday, 10:07
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51578, longitude -0.10061, in the EC1A postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clerkenwell, Islington, EC1V 4AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of London

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201701X107499
Council area
City of London
Police force
City of London
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 201701X107499 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 2017.