A1211 crash in the City of London on 6 May 2020 at 07:45 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and a car were involved in a crash on the A1211 in the City of London at 07:45 on Wednesday 6 May 2020. The 51-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2020
- Wednesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X5 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51582, longitude -0.08063, in the EC3A postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hoxton East & Shoreditch, Hackney, EC2A 2BW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020480950004
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1211
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1211
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 1996.
Slight
Car crash on the A1211 in the City of London, 9 March 1996
6 m awayRef 199601CP00342
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A1211 in the City of London, 27 November 1996
6 m awayRef 199601CP00189
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in the City of London, 7 December 1979
11 m awayRef 197948P645679
Slight
Car crash on the A1211 in the City of London, 3 October 2005
13 m awayRef 200501CP00251
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A1211 in the City of London, 7 September 1999
16 m awayRef 199901CP00396
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in the City of London, 9 September 1987
16 m awayRef 198748P651187
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2020480950004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 2020.