Serious C road crash in Westminster W1K on 31 December 2000 at 17:20 involving a Ford Puma
A Ford Puma and a Toyota Supra were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 17:20 on Sunday 31 December 2000. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Puma and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Ford Puma were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Dec 2000
- Sunday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Puma and Toyota Supra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51062, longitude -0.1527, in the W1K postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200001DM02674
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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 serious injury crash on 12 December 1991.
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Honda crash on a C road in Westminster, 12 December 1991
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Car crash on a C road in Westminster, 9 July 1988
At the same spotRef 198801DM00331
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Mercedes E Class crash on a C road in Westminster, 28 January 2013
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Slight
Honda crash on a C road in Westminster, 26 January 1999
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Slight
Gilera Runner 180 crash on a C road in Westminster, 4 August 2000
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Bicycle crash on a C road in Westminster, 7 March 2013
10 m awayRef 201301CW10308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Puma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,679 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Supra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,954 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200001DM02674 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.