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A501 crash in Westminster on 24 September 1986 at 10:28 involving a van

Two vans were involved in a crash on the A501 in Westminster at 10:28 on Wednesday 24 September 1986. The 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 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 Sep 1986
Wednesday, 10:28
Vehicles
2
Van and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52364, longitude -0.14816, in the NW1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601DM00388
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
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 21 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198601DM00388 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.