A401 crash in Camden on 15 September 2022 at 19:16 involving a Toyota taxi
A Toyota taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A401 in Camden at 19:16 on Thursday 15 September 2022. The 48-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2022
- Thursday, 19:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52057, longitude -0.11692, in the WC1R postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. 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 Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010399551
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 401
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2020.
Slight
BMW Z4 crash on the A401 in Camden, 3 July 2020
5 m awayRef 2020010254647
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A401 in Camden, 13 August 2005
6 m awayRef 200501EO41349
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A401 in Camden, 11 May 2001
7 m awayRef 200101EK00605
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A401 in Camden, 22 September 1993
7 m awayRef 199301EO00410
Slight
Piaggio NRG crash on the A401 in Camden, 11 February 2000
7 m awayRef 200001EK00303
Serious
Leyland Aec crash on the A401 in Camden, 14 January 2000
7 m awayRef 200001EK00184
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 48, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022010399551 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 2022.