A4 crash in Westminster on 19 March 1982 at 17:14 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A4 in Westminster at 17:14 on Friday 19 March 1982. A male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 1982
- Friday, 17:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51268, longitude -0.11517, in the WC2R 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
- 1982010CB0062
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by school crossing patrol
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 2015.
Serious
Honda CBF125M crash on the A4 in Westminster, 1 May 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW10567
Slight
Van crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 March 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010241339
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A4 in Westminster, 2 February 2021
8 m awayRef 2021010291221
Slight
Leyland crash on the A4 in Westminster, 29 June 1991
10 m awayRef 199101CX00225
Slight
Honda Legend crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 February 2001
10 m awayRef 200101DM00231
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198501CB00129
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 1982010CB0062 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.