A4202 crash in Westminster on 31 December 2015 at 17:25 involving a Mercedes CLK Class
A Mercedes CLK Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A4202 in Westminster at 17:25 on Thursday 31 December 2015. The 41-year-old female driver of the Mercedes CLK Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes CLK Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51001, longitude -0.15635, in the W1K postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the West End, Westminster, W1J 6EG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201501CW11977
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4202
- 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 April 2015.
Serious
Car crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 23 April 2015
At the same spotRef 201501CW10516
Slight
Car crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 24 April 1985
At the same spotRef 198501CD00121
Slight
Car crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 31 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801CD00257
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 1 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW10035
Serious
Taxi crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 11 December 1988
At the same spotRef 198801CD00251
Slight
Bus crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 1 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198601CD00140
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- 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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLK Class)
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 201501CW11977 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.