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Unclassified road crash in Westminster W1U on 18 January 2017 at 07:40 involving a Piaggio MP3 motorcycle

A Piaggio MP3 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Westminster at 07:40 on Wednesday 18 January 2017. A 14-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 2017
Wednesday, 07:40
Vehicles
1
Piaggio MP3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51843, longitude -0.15397, in the W1U 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
2017010012411
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

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 20 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio MP3

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    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
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio MP3)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017010012411 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 2017.