A302 crash in Westminster on 22 November 2017 at 08:20 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van
A motorcycle and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the A302 in Westminster at 08:20 on Wednesday 22 November 2017. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volkswagen Transporter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50047, longitude -0.12761, in the SW1P postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waterloo & South Bank, Lambeth, SE1 7GA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010071766
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 302
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 302
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2023.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A302 in Westminster, 6 August 2023
7 m awayRef 2023010459249
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Honda crash on the A302 in Westminster, 18 June 1997
10 m awayRef 199701CX00216
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on the A302 in Westminster, 16 December 2016
10 m awayRef 2016010021299
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A302 in Westminster, 26 May 2017
10 m awayRef 2017010039968
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A302 in Westminster, 29 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200501CW11048
Slight
Dennis crash on the A302 in Westminster, 26 April 2003
10 m awayRef 200301DM00594
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- First point of impact
- Back
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017010071766 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.