Serious A1211 crash in the City of London on 14 October 2017 at 05:00 involving a Volkswagen CC taxi
A Volkswagen CC taxi and a Volkswagen Sharan taxi were involved in a crash on the A1211 in the City of London at 05:00 on Saturday 14 October 2017. A 25-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Sharan taxi, a 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen CC taxi and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen CC taxi were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Oct 2017
- Saturday, 05:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen CC and Volkswagen Sharan
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51738, longitude -0.08872, in the EC2M 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 Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017480311367
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1211
- Road type
- Single 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
- 501
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- 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 17 December 1990.
Slight
Suzuki SJ crash on the A501 in the City of London, 17 December 1990
At the same spotRef 199001CP00378
Serious
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A1211 in the City of London, 2 September 2017
At the same spotRef 2017480228592
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A1211 in the City of London, 1 June 1994
At the same spotRef 199401CP00084
Slight
Piaggio Typhoon crash on the A501 in the City of London, 17 April 2000
At the same spotRef 200001CP00157
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A501 in the City of London, 15 June 2011
At the same spotRef 201101CP00155
Slight
Taxi crash on the A501 in the City of London, 16 October 2013
At the same spotRef 201301CP00274
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen CC
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 25, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen CC)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 20, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen CC)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017480311367 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.