A40 crash in Westminster on 21 December 2007 at 10:47 involving a Mercedes Vito van
A Mercedes Vito van hit two pedestrians on the A40 in Westminster at 10:47 on Friday 21 December 2007. A 12-year-old female pedestrian and a 9-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2007
- Friday, 10:47
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes Vito
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51409, longitude -0.15055, in the W1C 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
- 200701CW11381
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 40
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 1992.
Slight
Vauxhall crash on the A40 in Westminster, 16 June 1992
At the same spotRef 199201DM00190
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A40 in Westminster, 5 June 1991
At the same spotRef 199101DM00225
Slight
Volvo crash on the A40 in Westminster, 16 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200401DM00943
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 11 April 1988
10 m awayRef 198801DM00183
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 10 October 1989
10 m awayRef 198901DM00530
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 7 October 2013
10 m awayRef 201301CW11382
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200701CW11381 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 2007.