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A3213 crash in Westminster on 23 April 1998 at 12:55 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A3213 in Westminster at 12:55 on Thursday 23 April 1998. A 55-year-old male passenger in the Carbodies Taxi 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
23 Apr 1998
Thursday, 12:55
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49374, longitude -0.14563, in the SW1V 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
199801AB00131
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3213
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
Unclassified

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 16 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199801AB00131 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.