A3212 crash in Westminster on 11 May 1985 at 16:15 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach crashed on the A3212 in Westminster at 16:15 on Saturday 11 May 1985. A 36-year-old female passenger 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
- 11 May 1985
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50144, longitude -0.12601, in the SW1A 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
- 198501AD00085
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3212
- 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 serious injury crash on 7 December 1993.
Serious
MCW crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 7 December 1993
At the same spotRef 199301CX00425
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 29 May 2024
5 m awayRef 2024010512318
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 9 April 2024
7 m awayRef 2024010504098
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 6 October 2025
9 m awayRef 2025010602195
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 5 October 1987
10 m awayRef 198701AD00208
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3212 in Westminster, 16 September 1986
10 m awayRef 198601AD00199
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 198501AD00085 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 1985.