Serious A4205 crash in Westminster on 3 July 2003 at 16:28 involving a Leyland Aec bus
A Leyland Aec bus crashed on the A4205 in Westminster at 16:28 on Thursday 3 July 2003. A 14-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight 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
- 3 Jul 2003
- Thursday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland Aec
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51757, longitude -0.17188, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301DM01109
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4205
- 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
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2022.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 31 March 2022
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Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 23 July 2015
10 m awayRef 201501CW11094
Slight
Car crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 2 July 1989
10 m awayRef 198901DD00339
Serious
Car crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 8 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198701DD00196
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 6 July 2000
10 m awayRef 200001DM01340
Slight
Bus crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 24 March 1987
10 m awayRef 198701DD00127
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland Aec
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 14, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Aec)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 200301DM01109 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 2003.