A40 crash in Westminster on 7 December 1992 at 10:15 involving a Leyland Aec bus
A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A40 in Westminster at 10:15 on Monday 7 December 1992. An 84-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 1992
- Monday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland Aec
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51487, longitude -0.14535, in the W1C 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
- 199201DM00438
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 84, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 199201DM00438 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.