Unclassified road crash in Westminster SW7 on 30 December 2016 at 17:35 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Westminster at 17:35 on Friday 30 December 2016. The 43-year-old male rider and a 53-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2016
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda WW125
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49975, longitude -0.17677, in the SW7 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brompton & Hans Town, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 2PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010009253
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 1994.
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 17 March 1994
22 m awayRef 199401AB00083
Slight
Honda crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 12 November 1994
30 m awayRef 199401AB00472
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 15 August 2003
32 m awayRef 200301DM01283
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 1 May 2015
40 m awayRef 201501CW10612
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 22 February 1993
41 m awayRef 199301AB00066
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Westminster, 26 June 1984
41 m awayRef 198401AL00166
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2016010009253 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 2016.