Serious A404 crash in Westminster on 26 September 2004 at 13:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a Peugeot 106 and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A404 in Westminster at 13:40 on Sunday 26 September 2004. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Sep 2004
- Sunday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52769, longitude -0.21574, in the W10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queen's Park, Westminster, W10 4JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200401DM01288
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 450
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2009.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A404 in Westminster, 2 March 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW10339
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A404 in Westminster, 20 March 2013
At the same spotRef 201301BS70181
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A404 in Westminster, 20 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TA00540
Slight
MG Metro crash on the B450 in Westminster, 21 June 1992
At the same spotRef 199201BH00152
Serious
Tesla Model 3 crash on the A404 in Westminster, 1 May 2024
7 m awayRef 2024010507922
Slight
Jeep Renegade crash on the A404 in Westminster, 15 September 2025
7 m awayRef 2025010597622
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 405)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 200401DM01288 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 2004.