B402 crash in Westminster on 30 March 1985 at 11:00 involving a car
A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B402 in Westminster at 11:00 on Saturday 30 March 1985. The 34-year-old male driver of the car and a 55-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 1985
- Saturday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and taxi
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51441, longitude -0.12202, in the WC2E 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
- 198501CB00049
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 402
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 1990.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on a C road in Westminster, 22 February 1990
10 m awayRef 199001CX00101
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B402 in Westminster, 30 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198601CB00250
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B402 in Westminster, 16 July 1985
14 m awayRef 198501CB00131
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B402 in Westminster, 10 April 1984
14 m awayRef 198401CB00077
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Westminster, 14 April 2010
14 m awayRef 201001CW10671
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B402 in Westminster, 20 December 1995
14 m awayRef 199501CX00459
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 198501CB00049 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.