A503 crash in Camden on 27 December 2018 at 21:55 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Honda SH125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A503 in Camden at 21:55 on Thursday 27 December 2018. The 26-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 27-year-old male rider of the Honda SH125 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2018
- Thursday, 21:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Honda SH125
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54439, longitude -0.13532, 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
- 2018010154621
- 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
- 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
- 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 3 January 1995.
Slight
MCW crash on the A503 in Camden, 3 January 1995
At the same spotRef 199501EK00001
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A503 in Camden, 25 June 1993
At the same spotRef 199301EK00346
Slight
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A503 in Camden, 23 March 2003
At the same spotRef 200301EO00523
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 17 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010EK0336
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A503 in Camden, 3 December 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010547033
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A503 in Camden, 20 April 1992
10 m awayRef 199201EK00183
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda SH125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SH125)
- 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 2018010154621 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.