Fatal A3214 crash in Westminster on 22 October 2000 at 14:30 involving a Mercedes bus
A Mercedes bus hit two pedestrians on the A3214 in Westminster at 14:30 on Sunday 22 October 2000. A 46-year-old female pedestrian was killed and a 41-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 22 Oct 2000
- Sunday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49282, longitude -0.14752, in the SW1W 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200001DM02140
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3214
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2016.
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 16 April 2016
At the same spotRef 201601CW10441
Serious
Leyland crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 21 December 1996
At the same spotRef 199601AB00556
Slight
Dennis crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 25 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201001CW12321
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 6 September 2019
2 m awayRef 2019010203714
Slight
Bus crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 24 December 1994
10 m awayRef 199401AB00525
Slight
Car crash on the A3214 in Westminster, 19 November 1984
10 m awayRef 198401AL00307
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 15,078 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200001DM02140 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 2000.