A4201 crash in Westminster on 12 April 1996 at 03:40 involving a Renault 21
A Renault 21 hit a pedestrian on the A4201 in Westminster at 03:40 on Friday 12 April 1996. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 1996
- Friday, 03:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault 21
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51264, longitude -0.14039, in the W1B 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
- 199601CD00131
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4201
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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 24 November 2001.
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Honda CB500 crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 24 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM02433
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Mercedes S Class crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 11 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200301DM01227
Slight
Audi Coupe crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 19 December 1992
At the same spotRef 199201CD00164
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Scania crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 21 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201001CW12586
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Van crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 3 February 1984
10 m awayRef 198401CD00027
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 31 March 1990
10 m awayRef 199001CD00065
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault 21
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault 21)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 199601CD00131 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 1996.