A503 crash in Camden on 31 December 2019 at 16:35 involving a BMW X3
A BMW X3 and a Keeway K-Light motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A503 in Camden at 16:35 on Tuesday 31 December 2019. The 24-year-old male rider of the Keeway K-Light motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2019
- Tuesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X3 and Keeway K-Light
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54565, longitude -0.13356, in the NW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camden Town, Camden, NW1 9PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019010227954
- 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
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 15 January 2024.
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 15 January 2024
1 m awayRef 2024010489241
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A503 in Camden, 2 April 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010172960
Slight
Volvo crash on the A503 in Camden, 7 October 2010
3 m awayRef 201001CW12313
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A503 in Camden, 15 June 1989
3 m awayRef 198901EK00308
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A503 in Camden, 29 June 2015
3 m awayRef 201501EK40521
Slight
Car crash on the A503 in Camden, 20 September 1988
3 m awayRef 198801EK00495
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Keeway K-Light
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Keeway K-Light)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019010227954 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.