A5 crash in Westminster on 31 July 2014 at 11:03 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class, a London Taxis Int. TX4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 11:03 on Thursday 31 July 2014. The 39-year-old male cyclist and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were 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
- 31 Jul 2014
- Thursday, 11:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes C Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51455, longitude -0.16249, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marylebone, Westminster, W1H 7HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201401CW11097
- 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 6 December 1995.
Fatal
Van crash on the A5 in Westminster, 6 December 1995
At the same spotRef 199501DP00514
Slight
Yamaha XJ 600 N crash on the A5 in Westminster, 19 March 2005
10 m awayRef 200501CW10380
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Westminster, 6 November 2000
10 m awayRef 200001DM02431
Slight
Van crash on the A5 in Westminster, 20 October 2014
10 m awayRef 201401CW11601
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 2 July 2014
10 m awayRef 201401CW10916
Slight
Triumph TT600 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 16 March 2005
10 m awayRef 200501CW10456
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 201401CW11097 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.