B519 crash in Islington on 13 October 2021 at 12:10 involving a Wrightbus Gemini
A Wrightbus Gemini and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the B519 in Islington at 12:10 on Wednesday 13 October 2021. The 56-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Tucson and a 57-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Tucson were 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
- 13 Oct 2021
- Wednesday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Wrightbus Gemini and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56601, longitude -0.13596, in the N19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tollington, Islington, N19 3NH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021010337227
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 519
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2014.
Slight
Volvo crash on the B519 in Islington, 22 December 2014
6 m awayRef 201401EO49052
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 14 July 2015
6 m awayRef 201501EO40548
Slight
Optare crash on the B519 in Islington, 14 July 2011
6 m awayRef 201101EO40379
Slight
Saab 900 crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 22 July 2009
9 m awayRef 200901EO40428
Slight
Bus crash on the B519 in Islington, 29 November 1989
9 m awayRef 198901NH00587
Slight
Dennis crash on the B519 in Islington, 29 November 2004
9 m awayRef 200401EO01749
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Gemini
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,692 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021010337227 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.