A202 crash in Westminster on 29 December 1979 at 19:20 involving a taxi
A taxi and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A202 in Westminster at 19:20 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 35-year-old male passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LTTEC14
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 202
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 197901LTTEC14 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 1979.