C road crash in Islington N7 on 20 October 2025 at 09:00 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Islington at 09:00 on Monday 20 October 2025. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Monday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54682, longitude -0.11774, in the N7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Caledonian, Islington, N1 1BF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010604642
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5203
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2004.
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on a C road in Islington, 6 October 2004
4 m awayRef 200401EO01449
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in Islington, 31 August 2024
9 m awayRef 2024010530363
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Islington, 25 August 1985
10 m awayRef 198501ND00501
Serious
Car crash on the A5203 in Islington, 13 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198901ND00875
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5203 in Islington, 9 June 2000
14 m awayRef 200001NI00746
Slight
Car crash on the A5203 in Islington, 20 July 1989
14 m awayRef 198901ND00540
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025010604642 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.