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A5201 crash in Islington on 31 December 2018 at 20:20 involving a Ford Galaxy taxi

A Ford Galaxy taxi and a Mercedes SL Class were involved in a crash on the A5201 in Islington at 20:20 on Monday 31 December 2018. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2018
Monday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Galaxy and Mercedes SL Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52581, longitude -0.08707, in the EC1Y postcode district. 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
2018010155275
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5201
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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
501

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes SL Class

    Car

    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    4,966 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)

    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 2018010155275 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.