A4205 crash in Westminster on 19 April 1983 at 09:55 involving a van
A van, a taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A4205 in Westminster at 09:55 on Tuesday 19 April 1983. An 82-year-old female passenger in the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 1983
- Tuesday, 09:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Van and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51868, longitude -0.17013, in the W2 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
- 1983010DD0170
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4205
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1998.
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 20 November 1998
At the same spotRef 199801DP00540
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 2 August 1993
At the same spotRef 199301DD00301
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 14 May 1986
At the same spotRef 198601DD00218
Slight
Scania crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 15 October 2009
10 m awayRef 200901CW12162
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 24 December 1985
10 m awayRef 198501DD00671
Serious
LEVC TX crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 28 September 2021
12 m awayRef 2021010334108
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 82, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
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 1983010DD0170 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 1983.