Serious A4 crash in Westminster on 23 September 2001 at 02:55 involving an MCW bus
An MCW bus hit a pedestrian on the A4 in Westminster at 02:55 on Sunday 23 September 2001. A 20-year-old male pedestrian was 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, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Sep 2001
- Sunday, 02:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- MCW
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50727, longitude -0.12863, in the WC2N postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101DM01892
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Hyundai Sonata crash on the A4 in Westminster, 6 May 1994
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Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 14 October 1994
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MCW
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,045 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (MCW)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- 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 200101DM01892 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.