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C road crash in Westminster SW1E on 9 February 1999 at 14:00 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 14:00 on Tuesday 9 February 1999. The 17-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Typhoon motorcycle 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
9 Feb 1999
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Piaggio Typhoon
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49866, longitude -0.14166, in the SW1E 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
199901AB00055
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 April 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio Typhoon

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Typhoon)

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 199901AB00055 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 1999.