A4 crash in Westminster on 30 July 2010 at 18:05 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 18:05 on Friday 30 July 2010. The 29-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2010
- Friday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX1 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50157, longitude -0.16071, in the SW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7QA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201001BS70435
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3216
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2004.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A4 in Westminster, 30 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200401BS00603
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4 in Westminster, 27 August 1999
At the same spotRef 199901BS00500
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4 in Westminster, 14 August 2004
At the same spotRef 200401TA00414
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A4 in Kensington and Chelsea, 14 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200701BS70400
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 29 April 1999
At the same spotRef 199901BS00246
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A4 in Westminster, 20 March 2013
At the same spotRef 201301BS70158
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 29, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201001BS70435 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 2010.