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A501 crash in Islington on 29 December 2025 at 20:20 involving a Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A) motorcycle

A Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A) motorcycle and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the A501 in Islington at 20:20 on Monday 29 December 2025. The 25-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A) motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 2025
Monday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A) and Kia Rio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.528, longitude -0.09065, in the EC1V postcode district and within the built-up area of Hackney. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bunhill, Islington, EC1Y 0TJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Islington

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010618020
Council area
Islington
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
501
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Second road class
Unclassified

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A)

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Rio

    Car

    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Nmax 125 (GPD125-A))

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2025010618020 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.