A4 crash in Westminster on 6 July 2014 at 15:35 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A bicycle and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 15:35 on Sunday 6 July 2014. The 49-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2014
- Sunday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and London Taxis Int. TX1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50183, longitude -0.15983, in the SW1X 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401BS70452
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- 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
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1999.
Slight
Honda ST1100L crash on the A4 in Westminster, 3 March 1999
At the same spotRef 199901AB00084
Slight
Aeon AU crash on the A4 in Westminster, 24 August 1993
At the same spotRef 199301BC00302
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A4 in Westminster, 11 September 2000
At the same spotRef 200001BS00739
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501BS00757
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A315 in Kensington and Chelsea, 16 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010BC0283
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 23 September 2009
At the same spotRef 200901BS70536
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 49, on vehicle 1 (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 201401BS70452 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 2014.