A4 crash in Westminster on 3 July 1985 at 13:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 13:25 on Wednesday 3 July 1985. The 34-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 1985
- Wednesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51354, longitude -0.11269, in the WC2R 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
- 198501CB00117
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 26 March 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 26 March 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010CB0068
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 18 February 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010CB0037
Slight
Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 20 February 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TA00302
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4 in Westminster, 11 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW65329
Slight
Volvo 760 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 18 December 1991
10 m awayRef 199101CX00453
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 21 February 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010091699
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198501CB00117 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.