A4201 crash in Westminster on 3 August 2002 at 18:40 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A4201 in Westminster at 18:40 on Saturday 3 August 2002. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2002
- Saturday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50983, longitude -0.13688, in the W1B postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201DM01362
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4201
- Road type
- Dual 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 31 December 1998.
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 31 December 1998
At the same spotRef 199801CD00515
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 14 December 1991
At the same spotRef 199101CV00217
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 11 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198701CV00214
Serious
Bus crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 21 April 1989
At the same spotRef 198901CV00089
Slight
Dennis crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 23 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM02390
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 12 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198601CV00199
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200201DM01362 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 2002.