A41 crash in Westminster on 9 April 1986 at 12:15 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A41 in Westminster at 12:15 on Wednesday 9 April 1986. The 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Apr 1986
- Wednesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52924, longitude -0.16668, 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
- 198601DD00171
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1991.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A41 in Westminster, 16 August 1991
10 m awayRef 199101DD00358
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in Westminster, 12 May 1986
14 m awayRef 198601DD00244
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Westminster, 28 October 1986
14 m awayRef 198601DD00528
Slight
Volkswagen Santana crash on the A41 in Westminster, 16 June 1995
20 m awayRef 199501DM00288
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A41 in Westminster, 2 February 2013
20 m awayRef 201301CW10096
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A41 in Westminster, 29 May 1995
20 m awayRef 199501DM00248
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, 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 198601DD00171 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 1986.