A404 crash in Westminster on 30 October 1987 at 19:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A404 in Westminster at 19:10 on Friday 30 October 1987. The female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 1987
- Friday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51963, longitude -0.18508, in the W2 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
- 198701DD00535
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- 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
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 8 March 1998.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 8 March 1998
At the same spotRef 199801DP00086
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 11 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199901DP00342
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A40 in Westminster, 18 August 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW11149
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A40 in Westminster, 9 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW10182
Slight
Nissan Maxima crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200501TA00175
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A40 in Westminster, 13 February 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010426856
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, 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 198701DD00535 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.