B309 crash in Westminster on 17 September 1987 at 15:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B309 in Westminster at 15:45 on Thursday 17 September 1987. A 35-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Sep 1987
- Thursday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50732, longitude -0.14003, in the SW1A 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
- 198701CV00224
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 309
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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 4 February 1986.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B309 in Westminster, 4 February 1986
At the same spotRef 198601CV00024
Slight
Car crash on the B309 in Westminster, 18 January 1989
At the same spotRef 198901CV00010
Slight
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2 m awayRef 2022010418886
Serious
Toyota BZ4X crash on the B309 in Westminster, 9 August 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010591451
Slight
Taxi crash on the B309 in Westminster, 8 March 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010CV0038
Slight
Car crash on the B309 in Westminster, 8 February 1988
10 m awayRef 198801CV00021
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 198701CV00224 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.