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Serious A315 crash in Westminster on 18 November 1998 at 12:43 involving a Leyland Aec bus

A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A315 in Westminster at 12:43 on Wednesday 18 November 1998. A 20-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 3-year-old male passenger 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
Serious
Date
18 Nov 1998
Wednesday, 12:43
Vehicles
1
Leyland Aec
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50152, longitude -0.18306, in the SW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kensington and Chelsea.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801BS00711
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199801BS00711 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.