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Fatal C road crash in Westminster W1U on 21 July 1986 at 17:30 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on a C road in Westminster at 17:30 on Monday 21 July 1986. A 63-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Jul 1986
Monday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52198, longitude -0.15155, in the W1U 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601DM00295
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 12 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 63, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198601DM00295 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.