B507 crash in Westminster on 12 July 2001 at 07:50 involving a Renault 5
A Renault 5 and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the B507 in Westminster at 07:50 on Thursday 12 July 2001. The 29-year-old male driver of the Renault 5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2001
- Thursday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 5 and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53177, longitude -0.17708, in the NW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Regent's Park, Westminster, NW8 7AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101DM01440
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 507
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 507
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B507 in Westminster, 25 July 1993
At the same spotRef 199301BD00236
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the B507 in Westminster, 5 March 1991
At the same spotRef 199101DD00076
Slight
Car crash on the B507 in Westminster, 23 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701DD00433
Slight
Van crash on the B507 in Westminster, 24 November 1984
At the same spotRef 198401DD00625
Slight
Van crash on the B507 in Westminster, 3 February 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010DD0057
Slight
Car crash on the B507 in Westminster, 27 June 1988
At the same spotRef 198801DD00266
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,237 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)
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 200101DM01440 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 2001.