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Serious A1 crash in Islington on 16 October 2023 at 10:00 involving a bicycle

Two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A1 in Islington at 10:00 on Monday 16 October 2023. The 30-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Oct 2023
Monday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54903, longitude -0.10786, in the N7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Highbury, Islington, N5 1FA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023010472525
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    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 2023010472525 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 2023.