B326 crash in Westminster on 23 January 1998 at 07:45 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B326 in Westminster at 07:45 on Friday 23 January 1998. The 37-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 1998
- Friday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49744, longitude -0.12949, in the SW1P 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
- 199801AB00024
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 326
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2009.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 17 March 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW10516
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B326 in Westminster, 3 May 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010037929
Slight
Car crash on the B326 in Westminster, 8 October 1986
At the same spotRef 198601AD00209
Slight
MG 5 crash on the B326 in Westminster, 1 June 2023
2 m awayRef 2023010448462
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B326 in Westminster, 21 August 1990
10 m awayRef 199001CX00388
Fatal
Bus crash on the B326 in Westminster, 30 July 1987
30 m awayRef 198701AD00156
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 37, 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 199801AB00024 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 1998.