A41 crash in Westminster on 12 March 2012 at 14:03 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A41 in Westminster at 14:03 on Monday 12 March 2012. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Freelander, a 23-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Freelander and a 23-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2012
- Monday, 14:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and taxi
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52203, longitude -0.15786, in the W1U 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201CW10279
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 501
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A501 in Westminster, 27 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM09027
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A501 in Westminster, 8 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM01883
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A501 in Westminster, 30 September 2000
At the same spotRef 200001DM01960
Serious
Scania crash on the A501 in Westminster, 16 November 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW12427
Slight
Dennis crash on the A501 in Westminster, 1 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM02200
Serious
Taxi crash on the A501 in Westminster, 24 August 1985
At the same spotRef 198501DD00436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- 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 201201CW10279 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.