A201 crash in the City of London on 26 July 2017 at 18:00 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A201 in the City of London at 18:00 on Wednesday 26 July 2017. The 23-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2017
- Wednesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51776, longitude -0.10516, in the EC4A 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 Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR 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
- 2017480211323
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2020.
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the A201 in the City of London, 14 December 2020
2 m awayRef 2020481012833
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A201 in the City of London, 29 July 2025
2 m awayRef 2025481707643
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A201 in the City of London, 17 January 1984
3 m awayRef 198448P402084
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A201 in the City of London, 12 January 2009
3 m awayRef 200901CP00003
Slight
Honda VTR1000F crash on the A201 in the City of London, 5 May 1999
3 m awayRef 199901NI00256
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A201 in the City of London, 13 October 1995
3 m awayRef 199501CP00159
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 23, 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 2017480211323 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.