A5 crash in Camden on 29 December 2023 at 16:05 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Camden at 16:05 on Friday 29 December 2023. The 38-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
- 29 Dec 2023
- Friday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53529, longitude -0.18975, in the NW6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kilburn, Camden, NW6 4HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023010486530
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2020.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in Camden, 24 October 2020
1 m awayRef 2020010275696
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A5 in Camden, 14 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025010592053
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5 in Camden, 25 November 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010545613
Slight
Honda WW125EX2 crash on the A5 in Camden, 4 March 2017
4 m awayRef 2017010022687
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in Camden, 23 August 1984
4 m awayRef 198401QK00602
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the A5 in Camden, 10 May 2009
4 m awayRef 200901CW10923
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 38, on vehicle 2 (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 2023010486530 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.