A501 crash in Islington on 12 November 2025 at 23:10 involving an Iveco S-Way lorry
An Iveco S-Way lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A501 in Islington at 23:10 on Wednesday 12 November 2025. The 41-year-old female cyclist was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Wednesday, 23:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco S-Way and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53154, longitude -0.10439, in the EC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Islington. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter's & Canalside, Islington, N1 8BZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Islington
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010609106
- Council area
- Islington
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 501
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2022.
Slight
LEVC TX crash on the A501 in Islington, 31 July 2022
5 m awayRef 2022010391484
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A501 in Islington, 22 July 1998
6 m awayRef 199801NI00437
Slight
Yamaha YZF 600 R crash on the A501 in Islington, 10 May 1998
6 m awayRef 199801NI00276
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A501 in Islington, 12 March 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010431819
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A501 in Islington, 23 May 2021
7 m awayRef 2021010309064
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A501 in Islington, 9 April 2019
7 m awayRef 2019010174241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco S-Way
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,882 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 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
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2025010609106 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.