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A40 crash in Westminster on 15 December 2001 at 04:15 involving a BMW 8 Series

A BMW 8 Series and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A40 in Westminster at 04:15 on Saturday 15 December 2001. A 44-year-old female passenger in the BMW 8 Series and a 38-year-old female passenger in the BMW 8 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2001
Saturday, 04:15
Vehicles
2
BMW 8 Series and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51971, longitude -0.18217, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Venice, Westminster, W2 1LH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200101DM02563
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 8 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    4,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 8 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 8 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200101DM02563 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.