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A501 crash in Camden on 31 July 2025 at 02:55 involving a Toyota Auris

A Toyota Auris crashed on the A501 in Camden at 02:55 on Thursday 31 July 2025. The 32-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 2025
Thursday, 02:55
Vehicles
1
Toyota Auris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52517, longitude -0.13776, in the WC1E postcode district and within the built-up area of Camden. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Camden

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010589596
Council area
Camden
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
501
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Auris)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025010589596 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.