A4205 crash in Westminster on 6 May 2015 at 21:30 involving a Toyota Prius taxi
A Toyota Prius taxi and a Honda Pes 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4205 in Westminster at 21:30 on Wednesday 6 May 2015. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda Pes 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2015
- Wednesday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Honda Pes 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51754, longitude -0.17219, 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 Little Venice, Westminster, W2 1LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501CW10591
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4205
- Road type
- One way street
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1995.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 28 November 1995
At the same spotRef 199501DP00467
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 9 August 2005
At the same spotRef 200501CW11527
Serious
Scania crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 12 August 1998
At the same spotRef 199801DP00363
Slight
Car crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 18 May 1982
At the same spotRef 1982010DD0209
Slight
Bus crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 28 April 1987
At the same spotRef 198701DD00183
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A4205 in Westminster, 7 September 2016
At the same spotRef 2016010022562
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Pes 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- 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
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda Pes 125)
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 201501CW10591 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.