B518 crash in Camden on 14 October 2018 at 15:00 involving a Toyota taxi
A Toyota taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the B518 in Camden at 15:00 on Sunday 14 October 2018. An 89-year-old female passenger in the Toyota taxi and a female passenger in the Toyota taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 2018
- Sunday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55328, longitude -0.16886, in the NW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gospel Oak, Camden, NW3 2XB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010139012
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 518
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2024.
Slight
Jaguar XE Series crash on the A502 in Camden, 4 June 2024
8 m awayRef 2024010514306
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B518 in Camden, 28 March 1997
10 m awayRef 199701EH00083
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A502 in Camden, 2 August 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010EH0337
Serious
Car crash on the A502 in Camden, 27 November 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010EH0528
Slight
Volvo crash on the B518 in Camden, 21 March 2013
10 m awayRef 201301EK40154
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B518 in Camden, 30 June 2010
10 m awayRef 201001CW11305
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 89, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018010139012 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.