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Unclassified road crash in Islington N5 on 4 October 2018 at 21:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Islington at 21:40 on Thursday 4 October 2018. The 32-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 2018
Thursday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55329, longitude -0.09039, in the N5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Highbury, Islington, N5 1FA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010137576
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    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 2018010137576 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.