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A40 crash in Westminster on 20 November 1984 at 16:20 involving a taxi

A taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Westminster at 16:20 on Tuesday 20 November 1984. The 19-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Nov 1984
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Taxi and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51511, longitude -0.14332, in the W1C 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
198401DM00501
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 5 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198401DM00501 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 1984.