A4 crash in Westminster on 14 January 2012 at 17:22 involving a Jaguar XK Series
A Jaguar XK Series, a bus or coach and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 17:22 on Saturday 14 January 2012. A 29-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic 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
- 14 Jan 2012
- Saturday, 17:22
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar XK Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5091, longitude -0.13648, in the W1J 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, SW1Y 5HU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201CW10070
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2000.
Slight
Bus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 23 November 2000
At the same spotRef 200001DM02470
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4 in Westminster, 17 December 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW12331
Slight
Alfa Romeo GTV crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 February 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM00211
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 December 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW12310
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4 in Westminster, 27 May 1990
10 m awayRef 199001CV00122
Slight
Bus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 19 September 1985
10 m awayRef 198501CV00273
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XK Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,692 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201201CW10070 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 2012.