A4 crash in Westminster on 17 February 2008 at 22:12 involving a Honda ANF126T motorcycle
A Honda ANF126T motorcycle and a Chrysler Crossfire were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 22:12 on Sunday 17 February 2008. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda ANF126T motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2008
- Sunday, 22:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda ANF126T and Chrysler Crossfire
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50889, longitude -0.13418, 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, 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
- 200801CW10159
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2004.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A4 in Westminster, 29 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200401CW10286
Slight
Dennis crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 November 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW11577
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 2 December 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010074915
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 November 2015
10 m awayRef 201501CW11709
Slight
Bus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 29 November 1988
10 m awayRef 198801CV00319
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Westminster, 10 October 1986
10 m awayRef 198601CV00254
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda ANF126T
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Chrysler Crossfire
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda ANF126T)
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 200801CW10159 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 2008.