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Unclassified road crash in Westminster SW1X on 17 November 1997 at 10:22 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Westminster at 10:22 on Monday 17 November 1997. An 80-year-old male passenger in the Carbodies Taxi and the 54-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 1997
Monday, 10:22
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Audi A4
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50276, longitude -0.15866, in the SW1X 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
199701RX00072
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

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 199701RX00072 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.