C road crash in Hackney E8 on 17 June 2019 at 03:40 involving a Ford Galaxy taxi
A Ford Galaxy taxi and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on a C road in Hackney at 03:40 on Monday 17 June 2019. The 52-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
- 17 Jun 2019
- Monday, 03:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55076, longitude -0.07412, in the E8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mildmay, Islington, N1 4AL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hackney
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010187791
- Council area
- Hackney
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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, 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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1993.
Serious
Van crash on a C road in Hackney, 6 October 1993
5 m awayRef 199301GN00529
Slight
Citroen BX crash on a C road in Hackney, 20 August 2000
9 m awayRef 200001GN00445
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Hackney, 19 January 1985
9 m awayRef 198501GN00025
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Hackney, 24 August 1994
9 m awayRef 199401GN00398
Slight
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on a C road in Hackney, 23 January 2020
11 m awayRef 2020010232238
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on a C road in Hackney, 12 July 2025
13 m awayRef 2025010586365
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Taxi or private hire car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019010187791 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hackney road accident statistics for 2019.