A4 crash in Westminster on 13 March 2015 at 13:03 involving a Triumph Street Triple motorcycle
A Triumph Street Triple motorcycle and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 13:03 on Friday 13 March 2015. The 29-year-old male rider of the Triumph Street Triple motorcycle 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
- 13 Mar 2015
- Friday, 13:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Street Triple and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51256, longitude -0.11864, in the WC2B postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501CW10287
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2015.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 7 April 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW10919
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199801CX00383
Slight
Bus crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 May 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW10535
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4 in Westminster, 16 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199701CX00292
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 27 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW11769
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A4 in Westminster, 17 October 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM01808
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Street Triple
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Street Triple)
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 201501CW10287 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 2015.