A4 crash in Westminster on 17 August 1993 at 11:06 involving a BMW 5 Series
A BMW 5 Series hit a pedestrian on the A4 in Westminster at 11:06 on Tuesday 17 August 1993. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 1993
- Tuesday, 11:06
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51019, longitude -0.13358, in the W1D 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
- 199301CD00266
- 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
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 serious injury crash on 8 September 1989.
Serious
Bus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 8 September 1989
At the same spotRef 198901CV00233
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 31 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801CV00341
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 21 April 1988
At the same spotRef 198801CV00099
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A4 in Westminster, 4 December 2011
At the same spotRef 201101CW12454
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TA00265
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A4 in Westminster, 12 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010614964
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,788 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 199301CD00266 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 1993.