Serious A5 crash in Westminster on 24 September 1990 at 14:00 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach crashed on the A5 in Westminster at 14:00 on Monday 24 September 1990. A 53-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Sep 1990
- Monday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51359, longitude -0.16068, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199001DD00461
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- 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
- 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 30 December 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 30 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198401DM00556
Slight
Bus crash on the A5 in Westminster, 20 December 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010DD0669
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A5 in Westminster, 10 May 2016
At the same spotRef 201601CW10629
Slight
Volvo crash on the A5 in Westminster, 15 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201001CW12497
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the A5 in Westminster, 31 May 2022
4 m awayRef 2022010379631
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 24 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198701DM00347
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 53, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Boarding
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 199001DD00461 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.