A4202 crash in Westminster on 29 October 2016 at 19:25 involving a Honda Insight taxi
A Honda Insight taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A4202 in Westminster at 19:25 on Saturday 29 October 2016. The 31-year-old female driver of the Honda Insight taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 19:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Insight and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51215, longitude -0.15855, in the W1K postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marylebone, Westminster, W1H 7HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010023695
- 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
- Dual 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
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2004.
Slight
Bus crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 29 June 2004
At the same spotRef 200401DM00876
Serious
London Taxis Int. Txii crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 7 December 2009
At the same spotRef 200901CW12645
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 21 November 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW11656
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 22 July 2011
At the same spotRef 201101CW11388
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 28 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200501CW11903
Slight
Car crash on the A4202 in Westminster, 7 March 1987
At the same spotRef 198701CD00033
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Insight
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Insight)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016010023695 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.