A501 crash in Camden on 15 July 2019 at 09:40 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A501 in Camden at 09:40 on Monday 15 July 2019. The 30-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2019
- Monday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52391, longitude -0.14282, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010193756
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 501
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 1995.
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A501 in Camden, 29 October 1995
2 m awayRef 199501EK00575
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A501 in Camden, 22 July 1986
2 m awayRef 198601EO00320
Slight
Lorry crash on the A501 in Camden, 5 December 2022
4 m awayRef 2022010423280
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A501 in Camden, 18 December 2004
8 m awayRef 200401EO01857
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A501 in Camden, 26 October 2008
8 m awayRef 200801CW11892
Serious
Volvo crash on the A501 in Camden, 6 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010607890
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2019010193756 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 2019.