C road crash in the City of London EC4A on 4 May 1990 at 12:45 involving a Carbodies Taxi
A Carbodies Taxi crashed on a C road in the City of London at 12:45 on Friday 4 May 1990. A 50-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 1990
- Friday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Carbodies Taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51591, longitude -0.10898, in the EC4A postcode district and within the built-up area of City and County of the City of London.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199001CP00166
- Council area
- City of London
- Police force
- City of London
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199001CP00166 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of London road accident statistics for 1990.