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A501 crash in Westminster on 24 April 1985 at 11:45 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on the A501 in Westminster at 11:45 on Wednesday 24 April 1985. A 65-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 1985
Wednesday, 11:45
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52403, longitude -0.14425, in the W1W postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501EK00202
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
501
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4201

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 14 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 198501EK00202 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.