A302 crash in Westminster on 8 November 2015 at 22:46 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A bicycle and a London Taxis Int. TX4 were involved in a crash on the A302 in Westminster at 22:46 on Sunday 8 November 2015. The 31-year-old male cyclist 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 crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2015
- Sunday, 22:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and London Taxis Int. TX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49809, longitude -0.14718, in the SW1X postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7BY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501CW11674
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 302
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 3217
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 slight injury crash on 21 March 2015.
Slight
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A3217 in Westminster, 21 March 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW10324
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3217 in Westminster, 24 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200301DM01930
Slight
Car crash on the A3217 in Westminster, 28 December 1992
At the same spotRef 199201AB00472
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A302 in Westminster, 21 September 2017
At the same spotRef 2017010060207
Serious
Saab 9000 crash on the A302 in Westminster, 21 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200301TA00395
Fatal
Volvo crash on the A3217 in Westminster, 23 February 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TA00016
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 31 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
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 201501CW11674 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.