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A501 crash in Islington on 21 April 2018 at 20:35 involving a Mercedes CLK Class

A Mercedes CLK Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A501 in Islington at 20:35 on Saturday 21 April 2018. The 42-year-old male driver of the Mercedes CLK Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Apr 2018
Saturday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Mercedes CLK Class and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52654, longitude -0.08805, in the EC1V 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 Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010103190
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
501
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1200

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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 7 February 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLK Class

    Car

    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,996 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLK Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2018010103190 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Islington road accident statistics for 2018.