A4 crash in Westminster on 11 December 2017 at 17:47 involving a Wrightbus NB4L
A Wrightbus NB4L crashed on the A4 in Westminster at 17:47 on Monday 11 December 2017. A 28-year-old female passenger and a 31-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 20 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2017
- Monday, 17:47
- Vehicles
- 1
- Wrightbus NB4L
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50985, longitude -0.13486, in the W1J postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the St James's, Westminster, WC2H 7JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010077037
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 401
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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 17 January 2000.
Slight
Honda crash on the A4 in Westminster, 17 January 2000
At the same spotRef 200001DM00090
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 8 September 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW10859
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 15 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW66535
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A4 in Westminster, 30 December 2006
At the same spotRef 200601CW11779
Slight
Harley-Davidson FXST crash on the A4 in Westminster, 27 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200801CW10189
Slight
Honda XL1000V crash on the A4201 in Westminster, 22 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200701CW11372
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus NB4L
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,416 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus NB4L)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus NB4L)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017010077037 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.