A40 crash in Westminster on 22 July 2012 at 02:38 involving a Peugeot 107
A Peugeot 107 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Westminster at 02:38 on Sunday 22 July 2012. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2012
- Sunday, 02:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 107 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51522, longitude -0.14228, in the W1B postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201CW10985
- 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
- Single 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
- 4201
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2004.
Slight
Bus crash on the A40 in Westminster, 18 January 2004
At the same spotRef 200401DM00074
Serious
Leyland Aec crash on the A40 in Westminster, 8 January 1997
At the same spotRef 199701DM00004
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A40 in Westminster, 1 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM02197
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A40 in Westminster, 24 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM00565
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A40 in Westminster, 14 January 1994
At the same spotRef 199401DM00014
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the A40 in Westminster, 1 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199701DM00634
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 107
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, 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 201201CW10985 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.