A501 crash in Islington on 11 July 2019 at 20:30 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A501 in Islington at 20:30 on Thursday 11 July 2019. The 55-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2019
- Thursday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125EX2 and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52653, longitude -0.08792, in the EC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. 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
- 2019010194502
- Council area
- Islington
- 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
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1999.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A501 in Islington, 1 November 1999
1 m awayRef 199901NI00812
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A501 in Islington, 14 October 1999
1 m awayRef 199901NI00808
Serious
BYD Enviro crash on the A501 in Islington, 20 November 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010610480
Serious
Car crash on the A501 in Islington, 25 April 1986
9 m awayRef 198601ND00223
Slight
Minibus crash on the A501 in Islington, 29 May 1994
9 m awayRef 199401GD00289
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A501 in Hackney, 10 August 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010526737
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 55, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
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 2019010194502 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 2019.