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Serious A4 crash in Westminster on 17 February 1997 at 08:10 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A4 in Westminster at 08:10 on Monday 17 February 1997. A 27-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Feb 1997
Monday, 08:10
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.507, longitude -0.14235, in the W1J 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
199701CD00045
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199701CD00045 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 1997.