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A315 crash in Westminster on 17 November 1998 at 19:30 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1

A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a car were involved in a crash on the A315 in Westminster at 19:30 on Tuesday 17 November 1998. A 54-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
London Taxis Int. TX1 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50155, longitude -0.17917, in the SW7 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
199801AB00466
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
315
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 21 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    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 199801AB00466 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.