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A40 crash in Westminster on 26 December 2014 at 17:23 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4

A London Taxis Int. TX4 and a Mercedes S Class were involved in a crash on the A40 in Westminster at 17:23 on Friday 26 December 2014. The male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 2014
Friday, 17:23
Vehicles
2
London Taxis Int. TX4 and Mercedes S Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51333, longitude -0.15908, in the W1C 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
201401CW11981
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
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
Give way or uncontrolled
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
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes S Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)

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 201401CW11981 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.