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A401 crash in Westminster on 16 September 1996 at 16:40 involving a van

A van hit two pedestrians on the A401 in Westminster at 16:40 on Monday 16 September 1996. A 48-year-old male pedestrian and a 5-year-old male pedestrian were slightly 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
Slight
Date
16 Sep 1996
Monday, 16:40
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51153, longitude -0.13309, 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
199601CD00351
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
401
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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 16 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199601CD00351 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.