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C road crash in Camden NW5 on 10 October 2019 at 11:15 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Camden at 11:15 on Thursday 10 October 2019. The 62-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 2019
Thursday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Vespa and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5532, longitude -0.15135, in the NW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gospel Oak, Camden, NW5 4QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019010210822
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
C
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    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 2019010210822 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.