A41 crash in Westminster on 19 January 1985 at 23:13 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A41 in Westminster at 23:13 on Saturday 19 January 1985. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 1985
- Saturday, 23:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53604, longitude -0.17607, in the NW8 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
- 198501DD00038
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 41
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 31 July 1984.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A41 in Westminster, 31 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198401DD00395
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in Westminster, 16 May 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010EH0207
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Westminster, 25 February 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010DD0061
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A41 in Westminster, 10 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601DD00377
Slight
Bus crash on the A41 in Westminster, 5 April 1986
At the same spotRef 198601DD00167
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A41 in Westminster, 7 September 2021
1 m awayRef 2021010329727
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198501DD00038 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.