A40 crash in Westminster on 4 June 1990 at 04:00 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the A40 in Westminster at 04:00 on Monday 4 June 1990. The 18-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jun 1990
- Monday, 04:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51168, longitude -0.17661, 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
- 199001DD00252
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1993.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A40 in Westminster, 22 March 1993
10 m awayRef 199301DD00103
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 24 February 1988
10 m awayRef 198801DD00082
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 August 1989
10 m awayRef 198901DD00427
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A402 in Westminster, 10 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200701CW68214
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A402 in Westminster, 29 December 2022
12 m awayRef 2022010418796
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A40 in Westminster, 27 January 1992
14 m awayRef 199201DD00034
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199001DD00252 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 1990.