A5 crash in Westminster on 13 August 2012 at 16:12 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 16:12 on Monday 13 August 2012. The 34-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2012
- Monday, 16:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Honda Pes 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5276, longitude -0.18042, in the W9 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201CW11103
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2000.
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A5 in Westminster, 18 September 2000
At the same spotRef 200001DM01972
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 16 April 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010DD0147
Slight
Gilera Runner crash on the A5 in Westminster, 14 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200001DM02131
Slight
Lexus IS 300 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 1 February 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010561455
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A5 in Westminster, 20 February 1992
10 m awayRef 199201DR00042
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A5 in Westminster, 25 July 1991
10 m awayRef 199101DR00182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda Pes 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 201201CW11103 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.