C road crash in Westminster W1K on 28 February 2014 at 18:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 18:35 on Friday 28 February 2014. The 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Feb 2014
- Friday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51103, longitude -0.14995, in the W1K 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, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401CW10243
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2017.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in Westminster, 21 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010028238
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Westminster, 2 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010CD0143
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on a C road in Westminster, 9 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200101DM02108
Slight
Taxi crash on a C road in Westminster, 29 July 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010CD0172
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Westminster, 28 December 2014
At the same spotRef 201401CW11969
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Westminster, 27 November 2025
8 m awayRef 2025010612060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201401CW10243 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.