A4 crash in Westminster on 4 April 1992 at 01:25 involving a taxi
A taxi crashed on the A4 in Westminster at 01:25 on Saturday 4 April 1992. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 1992
- Saturday, 01:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Taxi
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50325, longitude -0.14957, in the W1J 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
- 199201CX00121
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2007.
Slight
Triumph Speed Triple 955I crash on the A4 in Westminster, 25 June 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW68925
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A4 in Westminster, 12 October 1993
At the same spotRef 199301CX00354
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 22 January 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010AD0012
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4 in Westminster, 5 March 2005
10 m awayRef 200501CW10375
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 November 1990
10 m awayRef 199001CX00529
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 February 2006
10 m awayRef 200601CW10057
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199201CX00121 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 1992.