A40 crash in Westminster on 11 December 1985 at 14:05 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A40 in Westminster at 14:05 on Wednesday 11 December 1985. The male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1985
- Wednesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51962, longitude -0.19027, in the W2 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
- 198501DD00650
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 9 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198901DD00296
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 24 March 1983
14 m awayRef 1983010DD0116
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 24 December 1995
14 m awayRef 199501DP00505
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Toyota Yaris crash on the A40 in Westminster, 24 June 2022
15 m awayRef 2022010384523
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 28 January 2007
20 m awayRef 200701CW10050
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Honda ANF125 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 20 June 2011
22 m awayRef 201101CW11080
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, 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 198501DD00650 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.