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A4 crash in Westminster on 22 July 2004 at 15:39 involving a Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle

A Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 15:39 on Thursday 22 July 2004. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jul 2004
Thursday, 15:39
Vehicles
2
Honda CB600 Hornet and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51233, longitude -0.11877, in the WC2B 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, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200401TA00354
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB600 Hornet

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    7,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600 Hornet)

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 200401TA00354 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.