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A41 crash in Westminster on 29 July 1997 at 17:20 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A41 in Westminster at 17:20 on Tuesday 29 July 1997. The 43-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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
29 Jul 1997
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51505, longitude -0.15673, in the W1H 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
199701DM00424
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5204

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 15 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199701DM00424 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.