A40 crash in Westminster on 5 August 1988 at 19:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A40 in Westminster at 19:25 on Friday 5 August 1988. The 31-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 1988
- Friday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52088, longitude -0.19584, 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
- 198801DD00348
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 April 2009.
Serious
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 28 April 2009
14 m awayRef 200901CW10838
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A40 in Westminster, 1 June 2001
20 m awayRef 200101DM01081
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 27 December 2012
20 m awayRef 201201CW11865
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 23 March 1989
22 m awayRef 198901DD00133
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A40(M) in Westminster, 19 June 1996
22 m awayRef 199601DP00242
Slight
BMW M4 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 4 April 2021
23 m awayRef 2021010300019
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198801DD00348 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 1988.