B517 crash in Camden on 15 April 2023 at 00:55 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B517 in Camden at 00:55 on Saturday 15 April 2023. The 33-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2023
- Saturday, 00:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54595, longitude -0.15069, in the NW5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Camden Town, Camden, NW1 9PT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010437482
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 517
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2023.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B517 in Camden, 22 May 2023
1 m awayRef 2023010444587
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B517 in Camden, 10 July 2021
3 m awayRef 2021010318442
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on the B517 in Camden, 21 October 1992
4 m awayRef 199201EK00491
Slight
Van crash on the B517 in Camden, 16 June 1988
4 m awayRef 198801EK00305
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B517 in Camden, 16 January 1993
4 m awayRef 199301EK00023
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B517 in Camden, 11 January 1993
4 m awayRef 199301EK00011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
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 2023010437482 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 2023.