A4 crash in Westminster on 30 July 2001 at 18:50 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 18:50 on Monday 30 July 2001. The 44-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1 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
- 30 Jul 2001
- Monday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX1 and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.502, longitude -0.15925, in the SW1X postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7BY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101DM01573
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1988.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 21 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801BC00522
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 8 June 1988
At the same spotRef 198801BC00227
Slight
Van crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 6 December 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010BC0528
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 September 1989
At the same spotRef 198901AL00294
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 31 January 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM00165
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A4 in Westminster, 23 June 2014
At the same spotRef 201401CW10850
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
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 200101DM01573 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.