A5204 crash in Westminster on 27 December 2015 at 10:30 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on the A5204 in Westminster at 10:30 on Sunday 27 December 2015. The 56-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2015
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125 and London Taxis Int. Txii
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51653, longitude -0.14759, in the W1U postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1W 6BT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501CW11961
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5204
- 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
- C
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 serious injury crash on 17 November 2002.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5204 in Westminster, 17 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200201DM02016
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the A5204 in Westminster, 11 August 2005
At the same spotRef 200501CW11469
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A5204 in Westminster, 14 January 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW10167
Serious
Car crash on the A5204 in Westminster, 6 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200401TA00094
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A5204 in Westminster, 21 September 1996
At the same spotRef 199601DM00594
Serious
Mercedes S Class crash on the A5204 in Westminster, 18 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200401DM00953
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. Txii
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
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 201501CW11961 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.