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Serious unclassified road crash in Westminster SW1W on 31 December 2012 at 18:22 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in Westminster at 18:22 on Monday 31 December 2012. A 55-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 2012
Monday, 18:22
Vehicles
1
Alexander Dennis
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49461, longitude -0.15263, in the SW1W postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7BY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201201CW11844
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    4,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 201201CW11844 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.