A402 crash in Westminster on 2 July 2012 at 08:50 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a Suzuki RV 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A402 in Westminster at 08:50 on Monday 2 July 2012. The 26-year-old male rider of the Suzuki RV 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2012
- Monday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and Suzuki RV 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51262, longitude -0.16545, in the W2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1K 7QG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201CW10856
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 402
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1998.
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A40 in Westminster, 15 July 1998
At the same spotRef 199801DP00318
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 15 March 1986
At the same spotRef 198601CD00041
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A402 in Westminster, 2 September 2003
At the same spotRef 200301DM01365
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 30 January 1983
At the same spotRef 1983010DD0047
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 6 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198601DD00319
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Westminster, 31 March 1984
At the same spotRef 198401DD00164
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,354 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki RV 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki RV 125)
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 201201CW10856 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.