A503 crash in Camden on 7 June 2018 at 00:12 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Volkswagen Sharan taxi were involved in a crash on the A503 in Camden at 00:12 on Thursday 7 June 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 2018
- Thursday, 00:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Volkswagen Sharan
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54068, longitude -0.13951, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camden Town, Camden, NW1 9PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010112635
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 25 September 1999.
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 25 September 1999
At the same spotRef 199901EK00433
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A503 in Camden, 30 March 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW10596
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A503 in Camden, 14 June 2016
At the same spotRef 201601EK40408
Slight
Austin Taxi crash on the A503 in Camden, 6 August 1991
At the same spotRef 199101EK00334
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 5 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198401EK00177
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A503 in Camden, 27 June 2002
At the same spotRef 200201EO00414
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)
- 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 2018010112635 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Camden road accident statistics for 2018.