A5201 crash in Islington on 1 December 2022 at 00:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5201 in Islington at 00:10 on Thursday 1 December 2022. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2022
- Thursday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52482, longitude -0.09349, in the EC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bunhill, Islington, EC1Y 0TJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010413770
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2017.
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A5201 in Islington, 10 February 2017
2 m awayRef 2017010017476
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5201 in Islington, 17 February 1986
2 m awayRef 198601ND00107
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A5201 in Islington, 19 June 1991
2 m awayRef 199101ND00313
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A5201 in Islington, 13 May 2018
2 m awayRef 2018010107605
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5201 in Islington, 25 October 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010474867
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5201 in Islington, 14 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010589151
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2022010413770 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.