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Serious A302 crash in Westminster on 1 April 1995 at 13:15 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A302 in Westminster at 13:15 on Saturday 1 April 1995. A female passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Apr 1995
Saturday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Metrocab Metrocab and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49942, longitude -0.12955, in the SW1P 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
199501AB00126
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
302
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 slight injury crash on 14 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 199501AB00126 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 1995.