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Serious A41 crash in Westminster on 15 August 1989 at 19:20 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A41 in Westminster at 19:20 on Tuesday 15 August 1989. A 49-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Aug 1989
Tuesday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52244, longitude -0.15758, in the NW1 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198901DD00433
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 25 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198901DD00433 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 1989.