A4209 crash in Westminster on 12 July 2016 at 15:20 involving a Volkswagen Jetta
A Volkswagen Jetta and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A4209 in Westminster at 15:20 on Tuesday 12 July 2016. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2016
- Tuesday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Jetta and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51664, longitude -0.1699, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Venice, Westminster, W2 1LH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201601CW10970
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4209
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 1984.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 16 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198401DD00021
Serious
Car crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 18 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198401DD00028
Serious
Car crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 17 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198401DD00026
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 27 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200001DM01041
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 12 May 2022
11 m awayRef 2022010376028
Slight
Car crash on the A4209 in Westminster, 3 December 1988
14 m awayRef 198801DD00577
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 201601CW10970 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.