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A202 crash in Westminster on 5 October 1987 at 14:00 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A202 in Westminster at 14:00 on Monday 5 October 1987. A 68-year-old male passenger in the taxi, a 35-year-old male passenger in the taxi and the 32-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 1987
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49021, longitude -0.13266, in the SW1V 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
198701AR00224
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
202
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198701AR00224 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 1987.