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Serious A40 crash in Westminster on 9 June 2012 at 05:35 involving a Volvo XC90

A Volvo XC90 crashed on the A40 in Westminster at 05:35 on Saturday 9 June 2012. The 25-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jun 2012
Saturday, 05:35
Vehicles
1
Volvo XC90
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51949, longitude -0.18507, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westbourne, Westminster, W2 6NF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201CW10751
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo XC90

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,922 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC90)

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 201201CW10751 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.