A40 crash in Westminster on 6 November 2002 at 20:45 involving a Daewoo Lanos
A Daewoo Lanos hit a pedestrian on the A40 in Westminster at 20:45 on Wednesday 6 November 2002. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2002
- Wednesday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Daewoo Lanos
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51364, longitude -0.1559, in the W1C postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marylebone, Westminster, W1H 7HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200201DM01952
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 41
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 1 June 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010DM0184
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 13 October 1986
At the same spotRef 198601DM00414
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A40 in Westminster, 15 August 1992
At the same spotRef 199201DM00284
Slight
Van crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 April 2004
At the same spotRef 200401DM00422
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A40 in Westminster, 12 March 2011
At the same spotRef 201101TA00494
Serious
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A40 in Westminster, 22 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM00306
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Daewoo Lanos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Daewoo Lanos)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200201DM01952 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.