A3211 crash in Westminster on 16 August 2003 at 18:25 involving an MCW bus
An MCW bus crashed on the A3211 in Westminster at 18:25 on Saturday 16 August 2003. A female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2003
- Saturday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- MCW
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51089, longitude -0.11335, in the WC2R 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, WC2R 2AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301DM01268
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3211
- Road type
- Single 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2019.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 21 February 2019
8 m awayRef 2019010164818
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 20 September 1993
10 m awayRef 199301CX00341
Serious
Car crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 6 September 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010022703
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 10 October 2012
10 m awayRef 201201CW11438
Slight
Van crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 23 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198801CB00251
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 21 October 2025
12 m awayRef 2025010605414
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MCW
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 200301DM01268 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.