A5 crash in Westminster on 3 April 1985 at 14:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 14:25 on Wednesday 3 April 1985. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 3 Apr 1985
- Wednesday, 14:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52765, longitude -0.18029, in the W9 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
- 198501DD00166
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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 9 November 1992.
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 9 November 1992
At the same spotRef 199201DD00497
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 14 January 1985
At the same spotRef 198501DR00007
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A5 in Westminster, 25 July 1991
At the same spotRef 199101DR00182
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A5 in Westminster, 20 February 1992
At the same spotRef 199201DR00042
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A5 in Westminster, 18 September 2000
10 m awayRef 200001DM01972
Slight
Gilera Runner crash on the A5 in Westminster, 14 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200001DM02131
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, 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 198501DD00166 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.