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Serious C road crash in Westminster W2 on 24 February 2017 at 20:03 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Honda SES125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Westminster at 20:03 on Friday 24 February 2017. The 23-year-old male rider of the Honda SES125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Feb 2017
Friday, 20:03
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Honda SES125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52394, longitude -0.17854, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010020797
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SES125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda SES125)

    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 2017010020797 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.