Serious A3211 crash in Westminster on 1 April 2008 at 09:52 involving a Honda FES125 motorcycle
A Honda FES125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A3211 in Westminster at 09:52 on Tuesday 1 April 2008. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Apr 2008
- Tuesday, 09:52
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda FES125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50733, longitude -0.12142, in the WC2N 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, WC2R 2AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200801CW72345
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3211
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2017.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 8 April 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010031047
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 14 April 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010032182
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 29 April 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010CB0080
Slight
Car crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 15 July 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010AD0162
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 4 August 1988
14 m awayRef 198801AD00186
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3211 in Westminster, 6 October 1987
14 m awayRef 198701CB00199
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda FES125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda FES125)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 200801CW72345 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.