A4 crash in Westminster on 21 May 1985 at 11:40 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 11:40 on Tuesday 21 May 1985. A 58-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 1985
- Tuesday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51337, longitude -0.11341, in the WC2A 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
- 198501CB00081
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 serious injury crash on 6 June 1985.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 6 June 1985
At the same spotRef 198501CB00092
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A4 in Westminster, 21 November 2013
At the same spotRef 201301CW11660
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 24 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200501CW10279
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 22 April 2003
At the same spotRef 200301DM00606
Serious
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 July 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW11376
Slight
Toyota crash on the A4 in Westminster, 26 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM02407
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, 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 198501CB00081 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.