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A404 crash in Westminster on 6 January 1997 at 13:15 involving a Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle

A Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A404 in Westminster at 13:15 on Monday 6 January 1997. The 23-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1997
Monday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Piaggio Typhoon and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5196, longitude -0.18912, in the W2 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
199701DP00049
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
404
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
404

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 3 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Typhoon

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Typhoon)

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 199701DP00049 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.