A4 crash in Westminster on 28 December 2016 at 21:28 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda ANF125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Westminster at 21:28 on Wednesday 28 December 2016. The 39-year-old male rider of the Honda ANF125 motorcycle 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
- 28 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 21:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Honda ANF125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50715, longitude -0.13253, in the SW1Y postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010009293
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1986.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 4 March 1986
At the same spotRef 198601CV00041
Slight
Honda crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 July 1990
At the same spotRef 199001CX00328
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 1 August 1990
At the same spotRef 199001CV00179
Slight
Car crash on the A4 in Westminster, 10 February 1994
At the same spotRef 199401CX00037
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Westminster, 24 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020010232442
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A4 in Westminster, 9 January 2025
4 m awayRef 2025010552973
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda ANF125
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda ANF125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2016010009293 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.