A5 crash in Westminster on 30 September 2017 at 13:00 involving a Toyota Prius+ taxi
A Toyota Prius+ taxi and a Honda NSC110WH motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Westminster at 13:00 on Saturday 30 September 2017. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda NSC110WH motorcycle 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
- 30 Sep 2017
- Saturday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius+ and Honda NSC110WH
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52949, longitude -0.18308, in the W9 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maida Vale, Westminster, W9 1HQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010061840
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2018.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A5 in Westminster, 16 October 2018
At the same spotRef 2018010139326
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the A5 in Westminster, 29 October 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010067037
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A5 in Westminster, 5 October 2023
13 m awayRef 2023010471538
Slight
Taxi crash on the A5 in Westminster, 14 April 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010DR0095
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5 in Westminster, 19 March 1992
20 m awayRef 199201DR00072
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A5 in Westminster, 18 January 1982
20 m awayRef 1982010DD0021
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius+
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda NSC110WH
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda NSC110WH)
- 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 2017010061840 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.