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A315 crash in Westminster on 11 June 2017 at 19:30 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4

A London Taxis Int. TX4 and a Mercedes V Class were involved in a crash on the A315 in Westminster at 19:30 on Sunday 11 June 2017. The 51-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. TX4 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jun 2017
Sunday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
London Taxis Int. TX4 and Mercedes V Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50181, longitude -0.16069, in the SW3 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Knightsbridge & Belgravia, Westminster, SW1X 7QA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Westminster

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017010045564
Council area
Westminster
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
315
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

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit

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 1 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes V Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)

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 2017010045564 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.