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A41 crash in Westminster on 16 February 1985 at 11:45 involving a taxi

A taxi and a van were involved in a crash on the A41 in Westminster at 11:45 on Saturday 16 February 1985. A 60-year-old female passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Feb 1985
Saturday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Taxi and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51604, longitude -0.15697, in the W1H 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
198501DM00043
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
523

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 13 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198501DM00043 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.