B308 crash in Westminster on 18 August 2012 at 19:05 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the B308 in Westminster at 19:05 on Saturday 18 August 2012. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2012
- Saturday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50683, longitude -0.12389, in the WC2N postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201CW11153
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 308
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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2015.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A400 in Westminster, 19 March 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW10315
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B308 in Westminster, 30 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010AD0176
Slight
Piaggio Typhoon crash on the B308 in Westminster, 4 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200101DM01788
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 10 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200401CW10190
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B308 in Westminster, 31 January 2007
10 m awayRef 200701CW10030
Serious
Van crash on the B308 in Westminster, 15 June 1982
10 m awayRef 1982010AD0134
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 201201CW11153 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.