Serious A1 crash in Islington on 29 January 2025 at 23:10 involving a Dacia Duster
A Dacia Duster and a Honda CBR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in Islington at 23:10 on Wednesday 29 January 2025. The 45-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Wednesday, 23:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Duster and Honda CBR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56105, longitude -0.12398, in the N19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tollington, Islington, N19 3NH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010556571
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- C
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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2019.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A1 in Islington, 17 June 2019
3 m awayRef 2019010187704
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on a C road in Islington, 10 May 2020
3 m awayRef 2020010247307
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Islington, 4 May 1990
3 m awayRef 199001NH00264
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Islington, 19 September 2007
3 m awayRef 200701EK66780
Slight
Freight Rover crash on the A1 in Islington, 28 September 1990
3 m awayRef 199001NH00533
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A1 in Islington, 5 February 1992
3 m awayRef 199201NH00052
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Duster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025010556571 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 2025.