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Serious A41 crash in Westminster on 13 May 1985 at 09:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A41 in Westminster at 09:10 on Monday 13 May 1985. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 May 1985
Monday, 09:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53685, longitude -0.17632, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501DD00234
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198501DD00234 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.