A503 crash in Camden on 19 December 2019 at 15:55 involving an Audi A4
Five vehicles, including an Audi A4 and a Toyota Prius, were involved in a crash on the A503 in Camden at 15:55 on Thursday 19 December 2019. The 57-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Vespa motorcycle and the 22-year-old female rider of the Yamaha GPD 125 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2019
- Thursday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 5
- Audi A4 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53666, longitude -0.14607, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1 7SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010226096
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 503
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4201
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 1992.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A503 in Camden, 11 April 1992
3 m awayRef 199201EK00172
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A503 in Camden, 8 June 1992
3 m awayRef 199201EK00275
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A503 in Camden, 16 August 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010460928
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A503 in Camden, 12 March 2016
7 m awayRef 201601EK40193
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4201 in Camden, 17 October 1983
7 m awayRef 1983010EK0591
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Camden, 28 November 1984
7 m awayRef 198401EK00647
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,776 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Piaggio Vespa
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 278 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 5: Yamaha GPD 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 4 (Piaggio Vespa)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 5 (Yamaha GPD 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019010226096 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.