A3214 crash in Westminster on 4 November 1982 at 17:40 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A3214 in Westminster at 17:40 on Thursday 4 November 1982. The 35-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 1982
- Thursday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49822, longitude -0.14401, in the SW1W postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1982010AR0249
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3214
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1993.
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A3217 in Westminster, 10 September 1993
At the same spotRef 199301AB00339
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 5 August 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010AR0194
Slight
Car crash on the A3217 in Westminster, 15 June 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010AR0127
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 13 January 1991
At the same spotRef 199101AB00008
Slight
Electric motorcycle crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 5 December 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010613628
Slight
Smart Forfour crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 30 January 2021
10 m awayRef 2021010290802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 1982010AR0249 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 1982.