A5201 crash in Islington on 21 July 2021 at 09:50 involving a Renault Master van
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2021
- Wednesday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Renault Master
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52238, longitude -0.10601, in the EC1R postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holborn & Covent Garden, Camden, EC1N 7RR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010320169
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5201
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 2021.
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A5201 in Islington, 8 September 2021
5 m awayRef 2021010330318
Slight
Bus crash on the A5201 in Islington, 9 June 1993
7 m awayRef 199301NI00307
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5201 in Islington, 31 May 1984
7 m awayRef 198401ND00273
Slight
Vespa (Douglas) crash on the A5201 in Islington, 6 May 1993
7 m awayRef 199301NI00227
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5201 in Islington, 8 November 1993
7 m awayRef 199301NI00647
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5201 in Islington, 16 March 1987
7 m awayRef 198701ND00133
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 20, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2021010320169 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 2021.