Unclassified road crash in Islington N1 on 5 January 2022 at 09:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Islington at 09:30 on Wednesday 5 January 2022. A 50-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2022
- Wednesday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53848, longitude -0.12064, in the N1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caledonian, Islington, N1 1BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010353044
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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 serious injury crash on 15 May 1983.
Serious
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 15 May 1983
3 m awayRef 1983010ND0253
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 2 July 2000
42 m awayRef 200001NI00846
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 14 June 1990
49 m awayRef 199001ND00433
Slight
Renault Espace crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 2 May 2000
49 m awayRef 200001NI00663
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 18 April 1995
49 m awayRef 199501NI00192
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on an unclassified road in Islington, 22 December 2014
59 m awayRef 201401EO49055
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2022010353044 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 2022.