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A501 crash in Westminster on 2 March 1994 at 20:35 involving a Freight Rover Sherpa van

A Freight Rover Sherpa van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A501 in Westminster at 20:35 on Wednesday 2 March 1994. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 1994
Wednesday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Freight Rover Sherpa and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52077, longitude -0.16558, in the NW1 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
199401DD00074
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
501
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
501

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 18 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199401DD00074 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 1994.