Serious A4 crash in Westminster on 30 December 2000 at 13:50 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A4 in Westminster at 13:50 on Saturday 30 December 2000. The 45-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Dec 2000
- Saturday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50793, longitude -0.13033, in the SW1Y 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200001DM02688
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- 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
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1982.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 30 November 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010AD0289
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 17 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200501CW11105
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 19 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198701CV00112
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4 in Westminster, 5 August 1998
At the same spotRef 199801CX00288
Slight
Bus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 2 July 1988
At the same spotRef 198801CV00163
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4 in Westminster, 14 February 1988
At the same spotRef 198801AD00054
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200001DM02688 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.