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C road crash in Westminster W1D on 24 October 1997 at 15:47 involving a BMW motorcycle

A BMW motorcycle hit three pedestrians on a C road in Westminster at 15:47 on Friday 24 October 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured. Three of them were pedestrians.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1997
Friday, 15:47
Vehicles
1
BMW
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51286, longitude -0.13203, 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
199701CD00416
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 31 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    780 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 199701CD00416 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.