A4201 crash in Westminster on 11 December 1996 at 12:50 involving a Leyland bus
A Leyland bus crashed on the A4201 in Westminster at 12:50 on Wednesday 11 December 1996. A 71-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 1996
- Wednesday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51181, longitude -0.13956, 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
- 199601CD00479
- 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
- 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 5 January 2017.
Slight
Wrightbus NB4L crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 5 January 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010009813
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 26 September 1985
At the same spotRef 198501CD00298
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 3 April 2016
At the same spotRef 201601CW10355
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 3 March 1992
10 m awayRef 199201CV00024
Slight
Bus crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 18 January 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010CD0004
Slight
Volvo crash on a C road in Westminster, 19 December 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010007798
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 199601CD00479 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.