A41 crash in Westminster on 28 August 2017 at 17:58 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus crashed on the A41 in Westminster at 17:58 on Monday 28 August 2017. An 84-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2017
- Monday, 17:58
- Vehicles
- 1
- Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52924, longitude -0.16708, in the NW8 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Regent's Park, Westminster, NW8 7AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010056260
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2004.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A41 in Westminster, 23 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200401TA00359
Slight
Volkswagen Santana crash on the A41 in Westminster, 16 June 1995
10 m awayRef 199501DM00288
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A41 in Westminster, 2 February 2013
10 m awayRef 201301CW10096
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A41 in Westminster, 29 May 1995
10 m awayRef 199501DM00248
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A41 in Westminster, 17 February 2005
10 m awayRef 200501CW10255
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A41 in Westminster, 12 July 1998
10 m awayRef 199801DM00370
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 84, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Boarding
- 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 2017010056260 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.