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Unclassified road crash in Westminster W1U on 21 October 2003 at 20:39 involving a Mercedes

A Mercedes crashed on an unclassified road in Westminster at 20:39 on Tuesday 21 October 2003. The 34-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Oct 2003
Tuesday, 20:39
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51865, longitude -0.15468, in the W1U 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
200301DM01655
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 200301DM01655 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.