A5205 crash in Westminster on 11 November 1985 at 07:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A5205 in Westminster at 07:45 on Monday 11 November 1985. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Nov 1985
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52756, longitude -0.17439, 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
- 198501DD00593
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5205
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 6 May 2006.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B507 in Westminster, 6 May 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW10541
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B507 in Westminster, 16 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199401DD00183
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 22 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW10792
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 16 August 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW11642
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 18 June 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW10939
Serious
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A5205 in Westminster, 11 January 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010013033
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, 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 198501DD00593 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.