Serious A5205 crash in Camden on 14 February 2025 at 16:23 involving a Mercedes CLC Class
A Mercedes CLC Class, a BMW 3 Series and a Honda WW125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5205 in Camden at 16:23 on Friday 14 February 2025. The 37-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 26-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle were seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver of the Mercedes CLC Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Feb 2025
- Friday, 16:23
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes CLC Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53716, longitude -0.15546, in the NW1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1 7SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Camden
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010559223
- Council area
- Camden
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 2015.
Slight
Lexus NX300 crash on the A5205 in Camden, 13 October 2015
4 m awayRef 201501CW11546
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5205 in Camden, 30 August 1992
6 m awayRef 199201EK00400
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5205 in Camden, 25 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198601DD00590
Slight
Van crash on the A5205 in Camden, 6 April 1989
11 m awayRef 198901DD00171
Serious
Mercedes 500 crash on the A5205 in Camden, 17 April 1998
17 m awayRef 199801DM00184
Serious
Car crash on the A5205 in Camden, 24 May 1989
17 m awayRef 198901DD00261
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLC Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 3: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLC Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 3: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Honda WW125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025010559223 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 2025.