A4 crash in Westminster on 2 November 2003 at 14:00 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a car were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 14:00 on Sunday 2 November 2003. The male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2003
- Sunday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX1 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5062, longitude -0.13516, in the SW1Y 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, SW1Y 5HU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200301DM01746
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025010607314
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4 in Westminster, 22 April 2003
10 m awayRef 200301DM00624
Slight
Car crash on the B309 in Westminster, 21 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198601CV00215
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 June 2004
10 m awayRef 200401DM00974
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A4 in Westminster, 30 March 2001
10 m awayRef 200101DM00673
Serious
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 August 1996
14 m awayRef 199601CX00297
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200301DM01746 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.